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'''Moi Day''' |
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⚫ | '''Moi Day''', (unofficially referred as '''Huduma Day'''), is a [[public holiday]] in [[Kenya]].<ref name=":0" /> It is celebrated each year on October 10, honoring former [[Kenyan President]] [[Daniel Moi]]. Following the promulgation of the [[Constitution of Kenya]] in August 2010, Moi Day was removed from the list of Kenyan national holidays.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kenyalaw.org/klr/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/Acts/ConstitutionofKenya2010.pdf |title=Constitution of Kenya (2010) |access-date=20 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111234829/http://www.kenyalaw.org/klr/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/Acts/ConstitutionofKenya2010.pdf |archive-date=11 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, on 8 November 2017, the High Court restored it as an October 10 public holiday. |
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On 19 December 2019 the cabinet approved the renaming of Moi Day to Huduma Day.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/kenya/article/2001353839/cabinet-renames-moi-boxing-days&grqid=WPkeEvrz&hl=sw-KE|title = Moi Day renamed Huduma Day, Boxing Day, Utamaduni Day}}</ref> |
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[[Category:Public holidays in Kenya]] |
[[Category:Public holidays in Kenya]] |
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[[Category:October observances]] |
[[Category:October observances]] |
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Moi Day, (unofficially referred as Huduma Day), is a public holidayinKenya.[1] It is celebrated each year on October 10, honoring former Kenyan President Daniel Moi. Following the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya in August 2010, Moi Day was removed from the list of Kenyan national holidays.[2] However, on 8 November 2017, the High Court restored it as an October 10 public holiday.
On 19 December 2019 the cabinet approved the renaming of Moi Day to Huduma Day.[1]
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