The government, through the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, has gazetted Friday, November 1, 2024, as a public holiday.

Acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi said the date has been set aside for the swearing in of Deputy President-designate Prof. Kithuri Kindiki.

“It is notified for the general information of the public that the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Public Holidays Act, and sections 3 (b) and 12 (3) of the Assumption of Office of President Act, declares Friday, the 1st November, 2024, to be a public holiday, being the date of the swearing-in of the Deputy President-designate,” CS Mudavadi stated in the gazette notice.

Prof. Kindiki is set to be sworn-in as the new Deputy President on Friday at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi.

This follows a ruling of the High Court in Nairobi on Thursday that set aside a previousorder barring Kindiki’s swearing-in following the impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua.

"It is notified for the general information of the public that the swearing-in ceremony of the Deputy President-designate shall take place on Friday, 1st November, 2024, at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (K.I.C.C.), in Nairobi City County, from 10.00 O'clock," read a gazette notice issued by Secretary to the Cabinet Mercy Wanjau.

Head of Public Service Felix Koskei has since also gazetted names of members of the Assumption to Office of the Deputy President committee which will make preparations for the swearing-in of Prof. Kindiki.