BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//National Tourism Service Portal - ECPv6.5.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://tourkenya.go.ke X-WR-CALDESC:Events for National Tourism Service Portal REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Nairobi BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EAT DTSTART:20240101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241213 DTSTAMP:20260408T022445 CREATED:20240528T035902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T035902Z UID:10000007-1733961600-1734047999@tourkenya.go.ke SUMMARY:Jamhuri Day (Republic Day) DESCRIPTION:Jamhuri Day (Republic Day) is a national holiday in Kenya\, celebrated on 12 December each year.[1] 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 an republic\, with the inauguration of Jomo Kenyatta as president taking place on 12 December 1964\, exactly one year after Kenya attained independence in 1963. Kenyatta\, having previously been sworn in as prime minister\, continued as prime minister of newly independent Kenya\, before assuming the position of president one year after Independence Day. URL:https://tourkenya.go.ke/event/jamhuri-day-republic-day/ LOCATION:Kasarani Stadium\, Kasarani Stadium\, Nairobi\, Kenya ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tourkenya.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jamuhuri.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR