The government has rubbished claims that Monday, October 14 is a public holiday
In a Twitter post on Saturday, the Interior Ministry urged Kenyans to ignore a picture alleged to be a Gazette Notice on the same.
”Members of the public are urged to disregard any notice or report indicating that tomorrow’s is a Public Holiday. For avoidance of doubt the aforesaid Monday 14 October, 2019 is a working day,” the ministry said.
The photo of the purported Gazette notice emerged after Eliud Kipchoge made history in Vienna on Saturday, becoming the first man to run a marathon in under two hours.
Kenyans had taken to social media to celebrate the marathoner’s achievement with some calling for the Government to declare a public holiday in his honor.
Others suggested that either a billboard be placed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), a road in Nairobi be named after Kipchoge or a monument be constructed to serve as a reminder of his great feat.
Out of the four suggestions, so far, only one has come to pass: Kipchoge will have a street named after him.
“We will of course name a street in honor of (Eliud) Kipchoge because he has brought a lot of joy to our county,” Uasin Gishu Deputy Governor Daniel Chemno told Citizen Digital.
Below is a list of public holidays in Kenya:
New Year’s Day………… January 1
Good Friday……………… March or April
Easter Monday……………March or April
Labour Day………………. May 1
Madaraka Day ………….. June 1
Moi Day ………………….. October 10
Mashujaa Day…………….. October 20
Jamhuri Day………………. December 12
Christmas Day …………… December 25
Boxing Day……………….. December 26
Two other public holidays; Idd-ul-Fitr and Idd-ul-Adha, are announced depending on the appearance of the moon.
Dear, Dr. @FredMatiangi. Eliud Kipchoge has proven that no holiday is limited. Surely, an extra holiday has never killed anyone.
john sinyei@SinyeiJohnElias Kipchoge has made us proud, now it is our turn to make him feel what we are feeling : say a holiday and rename a road like Outer ring in Nairobi, Eliud Kipchoge
Ismail Farmajo@IFarmajoOur irreducible minimum,,We want this photo to be put on JKIA billboard and Monday be declared public holiday!!!#Eliud159#NoHumanIsLimited #INEOS159 #IneosChallenge #eliudkipchoge #Kipchoge #safaricom
@fidelMunywoki
We need a Public holiday #eliudkipchoge #Eliud159 https://twitter.com/INEOS159/status/1182933612162945024 …INEOS 1:59 Challenge
1954 Roger Bannister breaks the 4-minute mile
1969 Neil Armstrong walks on the moon
2009 @UsainBolt runs 100m in 09.58
‘s other TweetsDear President Uhuru, we kindly request a public holiday for The Goat Eliud Kipchoge #Kipchoge159 #INEOS159 #Eliud159King Of Kigooco Ngaruiya Junior@of_kigooco
Fred Matiang’i Kindly declare Monday a public holiday to enable us end these celebrations for Kipchoge. Tomorrow can’t be enough. Tunakuomba Mkubwa…
Tom Muema@1tommuemahttp://G.O.AT Kipchoge is doing it guys, meanwhile Monday should be a public holiday to celebrate our superman. Please @FredMatiangi Cheza kama wewe. Atleast Eliud is making us proud again. #eliudkipchoge #Eliud159 #INEOS159
G.O.AT Kipchoge is doing it guys, meanwhile Monday should be a public holiday to celebrate our superman. Please @FredMatiangi Cheza kama wewe. Atleast Eliud is making us proud again. #eliudkipchoge #Eliud159 #INEOS159
Mwarango MBS@mwarangoWadau kaeni rada, nko na feeling Monday will be a public holiday ya Eliud Kipchoge
akimake history.
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.. Aki October is awesome, hope November is learning something…
#Eliud159 #mpesa #Safaricom #INEOS159 #ineos159challenge #KOTLoyalsOnly #KOTLoyals
A true reflection of Kenya’s resilience.
Make Monday Eliud Kipchoge public Holiday. Mkubwa shughulikia hii manenohttps://twitter.com/williamsruto/status/1182937399090958342 …
✔@WilliamsRuto
Wadau kaeni rada, nko na feeling Monday will be a public holiday ya Eliud Kipchoge
A blistering 1.59.40! Congratulations@EliudKipchoge for the historic achievement in shattering the sub-two-hour barrier for the marathon; you are arguably the greatest runner of all time.#NoHumanIsLimited#INEOS159
