As Kenyans pocket away decorations and start plotting new-year ambitions, the first third of 2026 carries a compact, but calendar-crucial, set of public holidays, religious observances, and school-term milestones that will shape travel, work schedules, and family plans. Officials and calendar-watchers say some dates are fixed on the Gregorian calendar, while others, particularly Islamic feasts,
The Government of Kenya has declared Friday, October 17, 2025, a public holiday in honor of the late former Prime Minister Raila Amollo Odinga. The announcement was made through a special issue of The Kenya Gazette, published on October 16, 2025, under Gazette Notice No. 15007. According to the notice signed by Interior Cabinet Secretary