Wednesday is a public holiday, Government Declares

The government, through a gazette notice, has declared Wednesday, June 5, 2019, as a public holiday in respect to Muslim’s celebration of the Eid-Ul-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the Holy Month of Ramadhan.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i announced the public holiday on Monday through the gazette notice.

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“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 the Public Holidays Act, declares that Wednesday, 5^th June 2019, shall be a public holiday to mark Idd-ul-Fitr,” the notice reads.

The Eid al Fitr festival is marked with the start of the Eid prayer followed by the Eid greetings and Eid Mubarak, a formal embrace done thrice.

The day brings to a close a period of fast among Muslim faithful’s who hence indulge in eating and gifting each other.

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