Interior Cabinet Secretary(CS) Kithure Kindiki has declared June 28, 2023, a public holiday to mark Eid-Ul-Adha.

The holiday is according to a notice gazette released Monday evening by the CS.

 "It is notified for the general information of the public that in the exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 (2) and part II of the Schedule, as read with section 3 of the Public Holidays Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration declares that Wednesday, the 28th June, 2023, shall be a public holiday to mark Eid-Ul-Adha (Idd-Ul-Azha)," read the notice.

Eid-Ul-Adha is usually celebrated for three days, from sunset on Wednesday to July 1, 2023.

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The festival commemorates the Quranic tale of Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail as an act of obedience to God.

Muslims believe that God provided a ram in Isamail's stead before he could carry out the sacrifice. In the Christian and Jewish telling, Ibrahim is ordered to kill another son, Isaac.

During the festivals, Islams remember the sacrifice made by Abraham by slaughtering animals and helping the poor and needy.