{"id":142101,"date":"2026-05-25T12:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/government-declares-wednesday-public-holiday-to-mark-eid-ul-adha\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T12:02:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:02:47","slug":"government-declares-wednesday-public-holiday-to-mark-eid-ul-adha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/government-declares-wednesday-public-holiday-to-mark-eid-ul-adha\/","title":{"rendered":"Government declares Wednesday public holiday to mark Eid-ul-Adha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong><span class=\"\">The Government has declared Wednesday, May 27, 2026, a public holiday in celebration of Eid-ul-Adha.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">In a Gazette Notice dated Monday, Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen announced the holiday pursuant to Section 3(1) of the Public Holidays Act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">Eid-ul-Adha, also known as the \u201cFestival of Sacrifice,\u201d is one of the most important Islamic holidays celebrated by Muslims worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">The declaration allows Muslim faithful across the country to observe the day with prayers, feasting, and acts of charity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Background on Eid-ul-Adha<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eid-ul-Adha commemorates the willingness of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God. According to Islamic tradition, God provided a ram to sacrifice instead. The holiday marks the completion of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.<\/p>\n<p>Key aspects of Eid-ul-Adha include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayers<\/strong>: Special congregational prayers are held at mosques and open grounds.<br \/>\n<strong>Sacrifice<\/strong>: Muslims who can afford it slaughter a livestock animal (sheep, goat, cow, or camel), sharing the meat among family, friends, and the needy.<br \/>\n<strong>Charity<\/strong>: Emphasis is placed on giving to the less fortunate.<br \/>\n<strong>Feasting and family gatherings<\/strong>: The day is spent visiting relatives, exchanging gifts, and enjoying festive meals.<\/p>\n<p>The date of Eid-ul-Adha changes annually in the Gregorian calendar as it follows the Islamic lunar calendar. It falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 12th month of the Islamic calendar.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/government-declares-wednesday-public-holiday-to-mark-eid-ul-adha\/\">Government declares Wednesday public holiday to mark Eid-ul-Adha<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government has declared Wednesday, May 27, 2026, a public holiday in celebration of Eid-ul-Adha. In a Gazette Notice dated Monday, Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen announced the holiday pursuant to Section 3(1) of the Public Holidays Act. Eid-ul-Adha, also known as the \u201cFestival of Sacrifice,\u201d is one of the most important [&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-142101","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\/142101","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=142101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}