The government has declared Tuesday next week a public holiday to allow Kenyans to vote in the general election.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi stated in a gazette notice that this will allow Kenyans to “participate in the 2022 general elections of Members of Parliament, Members of County Assemblies, and County Governors.”
“It is notified for information to the public that the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Co-ordination of National Government, pursuant to and in the exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 (4) of the Public Holidays Act, read together with Articles 101 (1), 177 (1) (a) and 180 (1) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, declares Tuesday, 9th August 2022, as a public holiday,” read the Gazette Notice in part.
“This will afford the people of Kenya the opportunity to participate in the 2022 general elections of Members of Parliament, Members of County Assemblies and County Governors, and the President.”
This comes amid calls from political leaders for the government to declare Tuesday a public holiday in order to avoid disrupting Kenyans’ work schedules.
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