Mombasa Raha! Mark your calendars! United Nations World Tourism Day/Kenya Tourism Week is around the corner, with Mombasa County playing host to this auspicious activity in the Tourism calendar. This year, we reflect on the transformative role of tourism in advancing prosperity, inclusion, and sustainability for all. This is home, and now the world gets […]
Madaraka Day ("Internal self rule" or Self-Governance Day) is a national holiday that is celebrated every 1 June in every year in the Republic of Kenya. It commemorates the day in 1963 that Kenya attained internal self rule after being a British colony since 1920.Kenya only attained partial independence on this day in 1963 and did not become a […]
Jamhuri Day (Republic Day) is a national holiday in Kenya, celebrated on 12 December each year. Jamhuri is the Swahili word for "republic" and the holiday officially marks the date when Kenya became an independent country on 12 December 1963, six months and eleven days after gaining internal self-rule on 1 June 1963 (Madaraka Day) from the United Kingdom. Kenya later became […]
