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Kenya long weekends 2027
Which Kenya public holidays in 2027 already create a long weekend, and which ones are worth a day of leave.
This leave planner is the Kenya 2027 companion to the public-holiday list. It uses the same dates as the Africa Calendar studio. Kenya’s ordinary weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
A natural long weekend is a public holiday that already sits on Friday or Monday, so many offices close for three days without anyone booking leave. A bridge weekend is a mid-week holiday where one or two leave days connect the holiday to the weekend.
Natural Friday holidays in 2027: New Year's Day (Friday, 1 January 2027), Good Friday (Friday, 26 March 2027).
Natural Monday holidays in 2027: 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).
Open the Kenya 2027 holiday list for the name of each day, or print a wall calendar from the studio. This page is not a payroll system.
Natural long weekends
New Year's Day
Friday — natural 3-day weekend. 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.
Good Friday
Friday — natural 3-day weekend. 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
Monday — natural 3-day weekend. 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.
Mazingira Day
Monday — natural 3-day weekend. 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.
Jamhuri Day (substitute day)
Monday — natural 3-day weekend. 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.
Boxing Day (substitute day)
Monday — natural 3-day weekend. Sunday 26 December 2027 is Boxing Day. The following Monday is listed as the substitute. Sunday itself is already a weekend day.
Print or go back to the holiday list
Read every Kenya 2027 public holiday on the holiday list, or open the Kenya 2027 studio to print. The working-days calculator uses this same list.