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There are approximately twelve nationally recognized Public holidays celebrated in the Republic of Kenya, a country in East Africa.
Date
Name
1 January
New Year's Day
Varies
Good Friday
Varies
Easter Monday
1 May
Labour Day
1 June
Madaraka Day[1]
Depends on the sighting of the moon
Eid al-Fitr
Depends on the sighting of the moon
Eid al-Adha
10 October
Moi Day[2] formerly Utamaduni Day, formerly Huduma Day
20 October
Mashujaa Day (Formerly Kenyatta Day)
12 December
Jamhuri Day, marks the date of Kenya's establishment as a republic on 12 December 1964.[3]
25 December
Christmas Day
26 December
Boxing Day (Utamaduni Day in Kenya) [4][5]
^"Madaraka Day in Kenya in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
^"Huduma Day in Kenya in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
^"Jamhuri Day in Kenya in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
^"National Holidays in Kenya in 2020". Office Holidays. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
^PSCU. "Moi Day renamed Huduma Day, Boxing remained as it is Boxing Day". The Standard. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
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