Monday declared public holiday

Hundreds of Muslims along Mombasa streets on November 9, 2019 as they marked the annual Maulid festivals. [File, Standard]

The Government has declared Monday, May 25 a public holiday to mark the Idd-ul-Fitr celebrations by the Muslim faithful.

“It is notified for the general information of the public that the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Co-ordination of National Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 (1) of Public Holidays Act, declares that Monday, the 25th May, 2020, shall be a Public Holiday to mark Idd-ul-Fitr,”CS Fred Matiang’i said in a gazette notice dated May 20.