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Government makes U-turn, recalls August 26 public holiday

President Uhuru Kenyatta

The Government has made a U-turn saying that President Uhuru Kenyatta did not designate a public holiday on August 26.

Earlier communication from PSCU was that August 26 had been designated as a public holiday to allow maximum enumeration of Kenyans during the national population census that begins next Saturday.

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