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Kenya bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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21 Dec 2011 (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation-Nairobi) Kenyan Government spokesman, Alfred Mutua, has issued a statement declaring that Tuesday, December 27, 2011, would not be a non-working public holiday throughout Kenya, as had been widely rumoured. • 13 Sep 2011 (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation-Nairobi) The Cabinet of the government of Kenya has declared Wednesday and Thursday, September 14 and 15, 2011, as days of national mourning following the recent Sinai fire disaster. • 19 Aug 2011 (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation-Nairobi) The Kenyan Government's Head of the Civil Service, Francis Muthaura, has announced that the date of the non-working public holiday for the upcoming Idd-Ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) would be Wednesday, August 31, 2011. • 10 Jan 2011 (Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Public Service-Office of the President of Kenya) Kenya's Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Public Service, Francis K. Muthaura, has issued a memo clarifying the list of, and rules regulating, public holidays in Kenya, following the recent promulgation of the new Kenyan Constitution. • 23 Dec 2010 (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation-Nairobi) The Kenyan government, through government spokesman, Alfred Mutua, has announced that contrary to earlier announcements, Monday, December 27, 2010, would not be a public holiday in Kenya. • 10 Dec 2010 (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation-Nairobi) The Kenyan government has announced that it had declared Monday, December 13, 2010, as a day in lieu public holiday for the upcoming Jamhuri Day public holiday. • 07 Oct 2010 (The Nation-Nairobi) Earlier today, Kenya's government spokesman, Alfred Mutua, has announced that, effective immediately, and as per the recently-promulgated new constitution, October 10, the day previously observed as Moi Day, is no longer a public holiday. • 08 Sep 2010 (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation-Nairobi) Kenya's Head of Public Service, Francis Muthaura, has announced that, by Friday, he will have gazetted a public holiday to mark the end of the month of Ramadhan (Eid-Ul-Fitr) on Saturday, September 11, 2010. • 12 Aug 2010 (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation-Nairobi) Earlier this afternoon, Kenyan governmental spokesman, Alfred Mutua, announced that the government of Kenya had declared Friday, August 27, 2010, a one-off public holiday to give Kenyans time to witness the promulgation of the new Constitution. • 10 Aug 2010 (The Standard-Nairobi) Kenyan President Kibaki has announced Friday, August 27, 2010, as the date of the promulgation the new constitution, rather than the previously announced date of August 20. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Kenya public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Kenya are regulated by Chapter 110 of the Laws of Kenya, the Public Holidays Act (An Act of Parliament to make provision for public holidays) as amended by law N°47 of 1952, law N°604 of 1963 (section 3), law N°34 of 1964, law N°124 of1964, law N°21 of 1966, law N°190 of 1971 (1st schedule), law N°2 of 1984 (sections 3 and 4), law N°9 of 1990, and law N°10 of 1997, and most recently by Article 9-3 of the 2010 constitution. • Weekend Public Holidays are covered by sections 3 & 4 of the Public Holidays Act, which only applies to holidays listed in section 1 of Schedule 1 of the Public Holidays Act. Holidays listed in sections 2 and 3 of that schedule remain on their set date, regarless of the day of the week. • Muslim holidays, only Eid al Fitr is an official public holiday. Other Muslim festivals may be celebrated by the Muslim community only. • Diwali: Section 2-3 of the Holidays Act specifies that persons of the Hindu faith are entitled to take Diwali as a paid public holiday. • Kenya International Codes KE and KEN (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .ke (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Kenya information and news: Central Bank of Kenya (Kenya central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Kenya maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Kenya), and Wikipedia (includes Kenya commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Kenya, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Kenya that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Kenya were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Hindu Calendar Public Holidays : For Kenya, when calculating the date of bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays based on the Hindu Lunar calendar, if the date is expunged (ie. does not occur), then we use the following existing date of the Hindu Lunar calendar. Local practice concerning expunged days may vary regionally as described in many sources, including the 1998 book The Indian Calendric System by G.K. Chatterjee.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Kenya, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Kenya, before planning any trip to Kenya. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.