Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has declared Friday April 21, 2023 as a public holiday.

Kindiki gazetted Friday as Idd-Ul-Fitr, a public holiday to commemorate the end of Ramadhan, the holy month of fasting in the Muslim calendar.

“In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 (1) of the Public Holidays Act, @InteriorKE

 Cabinet Secretary @KindikiKithure declares Friday, 21st April, 2023 shall be a public holiday to mark Idd-ul-Fitr,” said Kindiki in the statement released on Wednesday.

The Idd-Ul-Fitr festival is a critical religious holiday marked by Muslims across the world commemorating the end of Ramadhan, the Islamic holy month of fasting.

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The holiday commemorates the end of the 29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting by all Muslims during the entire month of Ramadhan.

However, the date of Idd-Ul-Fitr is dependent on the sighting of the moon, hence there may be variations in the exact date that is celebrated across the globe.