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Siku ya Madaraka in Kenya

Siku ya Madaraka falls on Tuesday 1 June 2027 in Kenya. It is a fixed date, so only the weekday changes from year to year. In 2025 it lands on a weekend, which costs the day off.

Siku ya Madaraka in Kenya, year by year
Year Date Weekday What that means
2025 1 June Sunday on the weekend — no day off gained
2026 1 June Monday long weekend
2027 1 June Tuesday one bridge day makes it four days
2028 1 June Thursday one bridge day makes it four days

4 of 4

  • 01 06 Siku ya Madaraka Sunday · falls on a weekend
  • 01 06 Siku ya Madaraka Monday
  • 01 06 Siku ya Madaraka Tuesday
  • 01 06 Siku ya Madaraka Thursday

A fixed date walking through the week

Because Siku ya Madaraka keeps the same date, the weekday advances one step most years and two after a leap year. That walk is the whole story of how good a holiday year feels: the same day off is a long weekend one year and a lost Saturday another, and the difference is nothing but arithmetic.

Sources and last check

Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.

Public holidays for 120 countries, 2025-2028
Source: date-holidays, generated by scripts/build-holidays.mjs. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:Public holidays only; regional and observance days are excluded. 21 of our countries are not in the dataset and have no calendar.

FAQ

When is Siku ya Madaraka in Kenya in 2027?

Tuesday, 1 June 2027.

Is Siku ya Madaraka on the same date every year?

Yes — 1 June every year. What changes is the weekday, which decides whether it extends a weekend.

Which years does Siku ya Madaraka make a long weekend?

2026 (Monday) — it touches the weekend directly. In 2027 and 2028 one bridge day buys four days off.

All holidays in Kenya: 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028