Gov’t Declares April 29th a Public Holiday to Mourn Former President Kibaki
The government has declared April 29th a public holiday to allow Kenyans to pay their last respects to former President Mwai Kibaki.
The announcement was made on Saturday by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, who chairs the National Steering Committee on Kibaki’s State funeral.
“The Government declares Friday the 29th of April 2022 a National Holiday to accord the late President a befitting State Funeral vide a Kenya Gazette,” Matiang’i said in a statement.
A State funeral for the country’s third president, who died on Friday at the age of 90, will be held at Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi, on Friday.
“The former head of state will be given a state funeral with the highest honors because of the distinct service he rendered to our country,” Matiang’i said.
Kibaki, who served as the country’s third president from December 2002 to April 2013, will be laid to rest in his home in Othaya, Nyeri County on April 30th.
Matiang’i also announced that Kibaki’s body will lie in state at parliament from Monday to Wednesday, to allow citizens to pay their respects.
President Kenyatta directed that the country observes a period of national mourning until sunset on the day Kibaki will be interred.
He also ordered that the flag of Kenya be flown at half-mast across the country and all Kenyan diplomatic missions abroad during the period of mourning.
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Even though we all get…
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Even though we all get saddened when we loose our loved ones, government should not come up and force everyone to honor our departed irrespective of their former positions. And especially dishing out a day as public holiday.
Kenya being a third world and economically struggling, such pronouncements drastically affects the industrial productivity and general commerce as well.
The country has days that have been legally assigned as public holidays or such in their yearly calendar.
Death is indeed death and the country has so many people dying every day. Families and friends mourning. And for purposes of fairness let the country have a public holiday every time someone dies!!
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Most hungry billionaire…
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Most hungry billionaire Kenyans will be very happy for the long weekend,I.e,29th-for expired Mwaii,30th,1st-May day,2nd as May Day will be Sunday,then 3rd,May IDD-UL-FITR.But pole sana billionaires,your useless govt of thieves will recover the lost days’ revenue by increasing taxation of essential products.I also hope the few AGikuyu who believe SERIKALI NI YA AGIKUYU will get their Kibaki era loot dividends checks before their god,Mwai is officially handed over to maggots,crickets,pill bugs,flesh&blow flies,beetles na Kabogo,Raila,Wanjiru,Joho wengine.
Waste of scarce resources…
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Waste of scarce resources. Time is money. A minute of silence at work is enough.
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