Acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has declared Friday, November 1, 2024, a public holiday to allow Kenyans to witness the swearing-in of Kithure Kindiki as the country’s new Deputy President.
This declaration was announced through an official gazette notice signed by Mudavadi moments after he was appointed to assume the role in an acting capacity.
The notice, dated October 31, 2024, outlined the holiday designation as part of the official ceremony for Kindiki’s assumption of office.
“It is notified for the general information of the public that the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, in the exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Public Holidays Act and Sections 3(b) and 12(3) of the Assumption of Office of President Act, declares Friday, the 1st of November 2024, to be a public holiday, being the date of the swearing-in of the Deputy President-designate,” the gazette notice read.
The appointment of Kindiki as the Deputy President role comes after a period of legal hurdles. Earlier, the High Court lifted conservatory orders that initially blocked his assumption of the position.
The orders were filed by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, who disputed the Senate’s resolution that certified his impeachment.
