{"id":139469,"date":"2026-04-30T13:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/atwoli-says-all-is-set-for-labour-day-fete-in-vihiga\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T13:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:03:17","slug":"atwoli-says-all-is-set-for-labour-day-fete-in-vihiga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/atwoli-says-all-is-set-for-labour-day-fete-in-vihiga\/","title":{"rendered":"Atwoli says all is set for Labour Day fete in Vihiga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 30 \u2014 Preparations for this year\u2019s Labour Day celebrations are complete, the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) has announced.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli said arrangements are in top gear ahead of the national event scheduled to take place in Vihiga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time we are holding Labour Day celebrations outside the capital city. It follows a request by the Vihiga County Government and approval by President William Ruto,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are those who have alleged favouritism in the choice of Vihiga, claiming it is where I hail from. I want them to know that I come from Kakamega,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Atwoli noted that all key stakeholders, including government officials, workers\u2019 representatives and union members, are expected to attend the celebrations, which mark an important day in the labour movement calendar.<\/p>\n<p>The annual event is expected to highlight key labour issues, including workers\u2019 welfare, wages and employment conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarting tomorrow at 7:00 a.m., workers will assemble, and there will also be floats demonstrating the activities carried out in factories,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompanies such as Eastern Produce from Nandi Hills, along with others, will be present, as well as domestic and hotel workers from the region. Those from the sugar union and workers in sugar plantations will also join us to showcase the work they do,\u201d Atwoli added.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 30 \u2014 Preparations for this year\u2019s Labour Day celebrations are complete, the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) has announced. COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli said arrangements are in top gear ahead of the national event scheduled to take place in Vihiga. \u201cThis is the first time we are holding Labour Day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}