Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Kipchumba Murkomen, has officially declared Wednesday, May 27, a public holiday. This holiday is to commemorate the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Adha.

• The declaration was made in an official Gazette notice dated Monday, May 25.
• Kipchumba Murkomen, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, issued the directive.
• The holiday is specifically to mark the religious observance of Eid-ul-Adha.