Matiang’i Declares Thursday Public Holiday

Interior CS Fred Matiangi during a past function

Interior CS Fred Matiang’i has announced that Thursday, october 10, will be a public holiday.

Through a press release, Matiang’i declared the day would be observed as Moi Day.

The decision comes after the High Court ruled in 2017 that the day, which had been scrapped off, be reintroduced by the government.

Press Release on Moi Day

The day was referred to as a National holiday before its removal from the Public Holidays Act.

High Court judge Justice George Odunga gave the verdict that the abolishment of the day was illegal and contradicted the law.

“I hereby grant a declaration that the omission to have the 10th day of October observed as a public holiday is an illegality and in contravention of Section 2(1) as read with part 1 of the schedule to the Public Holidays Act,” remarked Odunga.

The judge, however, pointed out that there was a legal way of getting rid of the day as per the constitution.

“Unless and until parliament amends Schedule 1 of the said Act or the minister substitutes the same for another date, the 10th of October in each year shall continue being a public holiday,” noted Odunga.

Odunga’s decision was as a result of an application that had been filed by Gregory Nyauchi, who moved to court to dispute the directive which stopped observing of the day.

High Court judge Justice George Odunga during a past court session

Nyauchi had argued that doing away with the holiday denied workers their rights as stipulated by the law.

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