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Kenya public holidays 2027
Kenya in 2027 stacks substitute Mondays after Sunday holidays — Mazingira Day, Jamhuri Day, and Boxing Day each add an observed weekday — while Easter arrives in late March rather than April.
Read 2027 as a substitute-Monday year. When a Kenyan public holiday lands on Sunday, Part I rules generally move the day off to the next weekday that is not already a holiday. This list shows both the Sunday civil date and the Monday observed date when both already appear here.
Easter jumps earlier than 2026: Good Friday is 26 March 2027 and Easter Monday is 29 March 2027. That four-day close (Friday through Monday) finishes before April begins, which matters if you compare the two years on a wall grid.
Labour Day is Saturday 1 May 2027, so it coincides with the ordinary weekend. Unlike a Sunday holiday, a Saturday Labour Day does not automatically mint a Monday off on this list. Plan May weekdays as if Monday 3 May is a normal working day unless your employer says otherwise.
Sunday holidays that do mint Mondays in 2027 include Mazingira Day (10 October, observed 11 October), Jamhuri Day (12 December, observed 13 December), and Boxing Day (26 December, observed 27 December). Those three Mondays are the distinctive shape of the late year.
Lunar dates stay estimates until a Cabinet Secretary notice appears. Eid al-Fitr is listed as Tuesday 9 March 2027 and Eid al-Adha as Sunday 16 May 2027. I will update the holiday list when a gazette is filed; I will not invent a second Eid day that the data does not carry.
Collins Odeny runs this site as a side project. Confirm the Kenya Gazette before payroll. The 2027 page is a planning aid, not an official calendar of the Republic.
What each public holiday is
New Year's Day
Friday 1 January 2027 opens Kenya’s year with a ready-made long weekend. Drop that Friday from any January working-day count. It is a nationwide close, not a courtesy half-day.
End of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr)
Tuesday 9 March 2027 is the listed Eid al-Fitr date. It is still an estimate until a gazette notice is filed in this project. A Tuesday holiday sits in the middle of the week; it does not create a three-day weekend by itself.
Good Friday
26 March 2027 is Good Friday, a week earlier in the calendar than 2026’s 3 April. The Christian remembrance is the same; the planning effect is an Easter close that finishes in March.
Easter Monday
29 March 2027 is Easter Monday. Pair it with 26 March. Do not add Sunday 28 March as a public holiday — Easter Sunday is not a Kenyan public holiday on this site.
Labour Day
Saturday 1 May 2027 is Labour Day. The civil holiday overlaps the ordinary weekend. This list does not add Monday 3 May for Labour Day. Treat Monday as a working day unless your employer publishes something else.
Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
Sunday 16 May 2027 is the listed Eid al-Adha date, still an estimate. A Sunday lunar holiday may move when a notice appears; this page will not invent a Monday until the data includes one.
Madaraka Day
Tuesday 1 June 2027 is Madaraka Day. Internal self-government in 1963 is still what the day marks. In 2027 it costs a Tuesday rather than the Monday you had in 2026.
Mazingira Day
Sunday 10 October 2027 is the civil Mazingira Day (environment / conservation). Kenyan Sunday rules are why the next row on this page is the Monday observed date. Do not count Sunday as a lost weekday; count the Monday.
Mazingira Day
Sunday 10 October 2027 is the civil Mazingira Day (environment / conservation). Kenyan Sunday rules are why the next row on this page is the Monday observed date. Do not count Sunday as a lost weekday; count the Monday.
Mashujaa Day
Wednesday 20 October 2027 is Mashujaa Day, nine days after the Mazingira observed Monday. Heroes’ Day is still 20 October every year; in 2027 it is a mid-week Wednesday.
Jamhuri Day
Sunday 12 December 2027 is Jamhuri Day on the civil calendar. Independence (1963) and the republic (1964) are commemorated that Sunday; the weekday off is the substitute Monday that follows on this list.
Jamhuri Day (substitute day)
Sunday 12 December 2027 is Jamhuri Day on the civil calendar. Independence (1963) and the republic (1964) are commemorated that Sunday; the weekday off is the substitute Monday that follows on this list.
Christmas Day
Saturday 25 December 2027 is Christmas Day. It sits on the weekend, so it does not remove a weekday by itself. The weekday story that year is Boxing Day’s Sunday-plus-Monday pair.
Boxing Day
Sunday 26 December 2027 is Boxing Day. The following Monday is listed as the substitute. Sunday itself is already a weekend day.
Boxing Day (substitute day)
Sunday 26 December 2027 is Boxing Day. The following Monday is listed as the substitute. Sunday itself is already a weekend day.
Sunday holidays and the 2027 substitute Mondays
2027 is the year to watch Sunday-to-Monday moves. Mazingira Day, Jamhuri Day, and Boxing Day each show a Sunday civil date and a Monday substitute on this list.
Fridays that already create long weekends in 2027: New Year's Day (Friday, 1 January 2027); Good Friday (Friday, 26 March 2027). New Year’s Day and Good Friday are the two you can circle in January and March without booking leave.
Mondays in 2027, including substitutes: Easter Monday (Monday, 29 March 2027); Mazingira Day (Monday, 11 October 2027); Jamhuri Day (substitute day) (Monday, 13 December 2027); Boxing Day (substitute day) (Monday, 27 December 2027). The late-year Mondays are observed dates, not new commemorations I added.
Sundays on the 2027 list: Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) (Sunday, 16 May 2027); Mazingira Day (Sunday, 10 October 2027); Jamhuri Day (Sunday, 12 December 2027); Boxing Day (Sunday, 26 December 2027). Those Sundays are not lost weekdays; the following Monday is.
Labour Day on Saturday 1 May 2027 is the trap: people expect a Monday off because other 2027 Sundays move. Saturday does not use the Sunday rule here.
Eid dates in 2027 remain estimates. I will not write a second Eid weekday that the data does not contain.
Neither the leave planner nor the working-days calculator replaces payroll. They only apply Kenya’s weekend rule to the 2027 holiday list on this site.
Print a calendar or subscribe
If you want a paper grid for 2027, open the studio, choose Kenya and 2027, and export PDF, PNG, or SVG. The subscribe file is /feeds/ke-2027.ics.
There is no Kenya 2027 school-term circular on this site yet. Do not reuse the 2026 term ranges for 2027 exams or boarding dates.
Open the Kenya 2027 studio to print a wall calendar as PDF, PNG, or SVG. To subscribe, add the Kenya 2027 ICS feed. The leave planner and working-days calculator use this same holiday list.