News that 10th October will be a Holiday have continued to evoke different reactions from Kenyans.
A section of Kenyans have asked whether the Holiday is part of the famous Handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his brother Raila Odinga.
Is Moi day is part of the handshake agreement !? Why has it been inactive for some some years #MoiDay
— sally (@Salomelugard) October 8, 2018
Raila visited Moi on 13 th April barely a month after the famous handshake in which they had agreed to work together with Uhuru in uniting the country.
A statement sent to newsrooms by Mr Odinga’s aide Dennis Onyango said the opposition leader visited the former president to wish him well following his hospitalisation in Israel last month and to discuss the ‘current state of the nation.’
However, a source privy to the meeting disclosed that the talks also dwelt on Gideon Moi’s interest in the presidency in 2022.
Could this have been the time when Moi Day celebrations was borne? A section of Kenyans believe the Holiday is aimed at mantaining the status quo in Kenya’s political dynasties; The Odinga’s, Kenyattas and Mois.
#MoiDay is back just after selective handshakes!
— NaiBlogger (@naiblogger) October 8, 2018
This is when #MoiDay and #kenyattaDay agenda surfaced. Dynasties.
When probably is #OdingaDay ? pic.twitter.com/8KFQxO36Eo
— Dr ? ? ? ?® (@Fred_daktari) October 8, 2018
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i on Monday confirmed that October 10 will be a Holiday.
Moi Day was removed from the list of national holidays following the promulgation of the Constitution in August 2010.
A court ruling in November 2017 reinstated the day to be marked as a holiday on grounds its removal was in contravention of the Public Holidays Act.
“Going by the court’s decision, therefore, October 10 shall be a public holiday,” Matiang’i said in a statement to the media on Monday. “Owing to the elaborate celebrations lined up for all our heroes on Mashujaa Day (October 20), I make no pronouncement on the manner in which October 10 shall be celebrated.”
The decision continues to evoke different reactions from Kenyans.
#MoiDay is a way for public servants to squander the already limited resources.Very irrelevant! Dynastic mentality must end, we shall include #MoiDay in referendum question!we don’t want it
— Isaiah Wa Barasa (@barasa_wa) October 8, 2018