Retired President Daniel Arap Moi Celebrates Moi Day at His Rural Residence
Retired President Daniel Arap Moi on Wednesday marked Moi Day at his rural residence in Kabarak, Nakuru County with family and friends.
In a statement to newsrooms, his acting press secretary Alex Kiprotich said the former president was overwhelmed by the messages of goodwill sent to him by Kenyans of all walks of life.
The spokesperson also said Moi thanked Kenyans for the love they continue to show him and said he prays for God’s blessings for the country and its people.
On Monday, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i declared October 10th a public holiday to celebrate Moi Day. The CS said the move was informed by a High Court ruling issued in November last year declaring as illegal the decision to abolish Moi Day.
“In Judicial Review No. 292 of 2017 the Court affirmed that the 10th of October remains a public holiday to be observed as such. Going by this decision therefore 10th of October shall be a public holiday," said Matiang'i.
Last year, High Court Justice George Odunga ruled that the scrapping of Moi Day was an illegality and was in contravention of 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,” stated Odunga in part of his ruling.
The holiday had not been celebrated since the promulgation of the new Constitution in 2010.
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And he should stay there. We…
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And he should stay there.
We don’t need him.
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In reply to And he should stay there. We… by Diana (not verified)
You don't need with him with who where?
You don't need with him with…
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In reply to And he should stay there. We… by Diana (not verified)
You don't need with him with who where?
This holiday needs to go the…
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This holiday needs to go the dinosaur way... he ran down our country for a freaking 2.5 decades, and luckily enough the country was able to stand on it's knee during Kibaki time. Now, unfortunately we;'re hearing the colossal amount of money stashed away in foreign accounts again? On Moi day???
Frankly don’t give a fine F*…
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Frankly don’t give a fine F*#k about this murderous thug. I would care less if he spent every day roasting in hell. He knows judgment day is nearing for his old ass he better repent and make his peace
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Nothing to celebrate you mr moi.If you can return all stollen public money then we could have celebrated u pretty well.You killed all the industries in central province n even did worse by allowing changaa n bad alcohol so Kikuyus can continue to die.U never even tried to stop this mayhem.Raila then continued to bring mollases n alcohol stuff into the country so our pple can die n decrease from voting but ngai witu Wa gikuyu na mumbi ndariaga ngima.You killed pyrethrum,Coffee,tea sectors ya Wa kikuyu.So please nothing to celebrate you mzee.
Kusherehekea siku ya mtu…
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Kusherehekea siku ya mtu aliyeangamiza Kenya na kuwaua watu wengi mmoja wao akiwa Hayati Matiba, inaonyesha ya kwamba watu wa nchi ya Kenya wamechanganyikiwa!
Matiang'i je, huna utu wala dhamiri? Kwa nini unawalazimisha watu wa Kenya kumkumbuka mtu ambaye wanajitahidi sana kumsahau?
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Why do Kenyans celebrate holidays for two murderers(Kenyatta & Moi) only?Odunga should have also ruled to force bongolalas to observe-GEORGE DAY,ELIZABETH DAY,RAILA DAY,NTIMAMA,BIWORT DAY,KABOGO DAY,WANJIRU DAY,JOHO DAY,OYUGI DAY etc and an expected OBADO DAY.
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