Public holidays 2027 in Kenya
There are 14 public holidays in 2027.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | |||
| Tuesday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) (expected date, subject to moon sighting) | Idd-ul-Fitr (estimated) | ||
| Friday | Good Friday | |||
| Monday | Easter Monday | |||
| Saturday | Labor Day | Labour Day | ||
| Tuesday | Madaraka Day | |||
| Sunday | Mazingira Day | |||
| Monday | Mazingira Day (observed) | |||
| Wednesday | Mashujaa Day | |||
| Sunday | Jamhuri Day | |||
| Monday | Jamhuri Day (observed) | |||
| Saturday | Christmas Day | |||
| Sunday | Boxing Day | |||
| Monday | Boxing Day (observed) |
Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.
Long weekends 2027
11 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:
| Take leave | Off | Days of leave | Days off | Ratio | Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 8 Mar | 6 Mar – 9 Mar 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) |
| Wed 10 Mar, Thu 11 Mar, Fri 12 Mar | 9 Mar – 14 Mar 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) |
| Mon 22 Mar, Tue 23 Mar, Wed 24 Mar, Thu 25 Mar | 20 Mar – 29 Mar 2027 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Easter Monday |
| Tue 30 Mar, Wed 31 Mar, Thu 1 Apr, Fri 2 Apr | 26 Mar – 4 Apr 2027 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Good Friday, Easter Monday |
| Mon 31 May | 29 May – 1 Jun 2027 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Madaraka Day |
| Wed 2 Jun, Thu 3 Jun, Fri 4 Jun | 1 Jun – 6 Jun 2027 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Madaraka Day |
| Tue 12 Oct, Wed 13 Oct, Thu 14 Oct, Fri 15 Oct | 9 Oct – 17 Oct 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Mazingira Day, Mazingira Day (observed) |
| Mon 18 Oct, Tue 19 Oct | 16 Oct – 20 Oct 2027 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Mashujaa Day |
| Thu 21 Oct, Fri 22 Oct | 20 Oct – 24 Oct 2027 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Mashujaa Day |
| Tue 14 Dec, Wed 15 Dec, Thu 16 Dec, Fri 17 Dec | 11 Dec – 19 Dec 2027 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Jamhuri Day, Jamhuri Day (observed) |
| Tue 28 Dec, Wed 29 Dec, Thu 30 Dec, Fri 31 Dec | 25 Dec – 2 Jan 2028 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Boxing Day (observed) |
Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.
Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code KE (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.ke) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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Other years
- Public holidays 2026
- Public holidays 2027