Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Summary
- The government has declared Wednesday a public holiday to mark Idd-Ul-Fitr, a day Muslims observe the end of fasting that lasts a month.
- Kenyan Muslims started observing the holy month of Ramadhan May 5 after the Chief Kadhis’s announcement on May 4.
- Ramadhan is the ninth month of the lunar Islamic calendar in which Muslims believe the Holy Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad.
The government has declared Wednesday a public holiday to mark
Idd-Ul-Fitr, a day Muslims observe the end of fasting that lasts a
month.
Kenyan Muslims started observing the holy month of Ramadhan May 5 after the Chief Kadhis’s announcement on May 4.
Ramadhan
is the ninth month of the lunar Islamic calendar in which Muslims
believe the Holy Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad.
“The
cabinet secretary for interior and coordination of national government
has today Monday, June 3, 2019 declared Wednesday, June 5 , 2019 as a
public holiday of general observance for the occasion of Idd-ul-Fitr,”
said Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i in a public notice
Monday.
“The cabinet secretary has
acted in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 (1) of the Public
Holidays Act (Chapter 110 of the laws of Kenya) and the declaration is
carried vied Kenya gazette number 4850 of June 3, 2019.”
Fasting is the fourth pillar of Islam
commemorated by abstaining from drinking and eating from dates of the
start of the month keep moving every year in the lunar calendar, which
explains the varying starting and ending of fasting dates.
Dates
of the start of the month keep moving every year in the lunar calendar,
which explains the varying starting and ending of fasting dates.
The dates begin depending on when the moon is seen.
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