Former President Daniel Arap Moi. [Photo| Twitter]Majority of Kenyans have celebrated the return of Moi Day as a public holiday.The High Court judge George Odunga on Wednesday ruled that the omission of October 10 as a public holiday is an illegality and was in contravention of the law.
Some however thought the holiday was unnecessary while others demanded compensation for the past years that they have not been marking the day.Below are mixed reactions from Kenyans on Twitter:@DonaldBKipkorir: Thank You Justice Odunga for bringing backMoi Day as a Public Holiday. My people, the Kalenjin Nation, have your back. We’ll not forget.@WehliyeMohamed: Eti Judge brings back Moi Day ? Hehehe. Hii Kenyan courts. Si they order twitter to introduce edit function & ban 280 characters thingi!@Asmali77: Moi Day is back. And since we have passed October, can it be carried forward to....say December 10.... for this year only?@Zuere: Yaaay to Moi day. I wish this was done earlier@ChrispusMutati: Nurses will demand compensation for the days they have been working on moi day since it's now a public holiday! 😂 😂 😂@NjeryLeviz: Moi day is back but we're in November, they Gvt should give us a day to celebrate before the year ends as a compensation.@Geophm: Moi Day is back? Our Kenyan courts are comedy houses@LilKoima: Moi Day is Back. We need a week holiday compensation for the past 7 days years that had been stolen by our new constitution.@ajanjaot: Sasa Matiangi atupatie November 10th as compensation for this yr Moi Day . We are also willing to negotiate on how to recover the other 6.
@jkemey: Reinstating Moi Day in Nov is an illegality, it should have been done earlier in Oct. So will they also backdate the holidays that we missed?@Itswycychoge: Thank you Odunga for bringing back Moi Day. I support this ruling because 10/10 was important for the less fortunate in the beastly society.@bryan_boit: Thank You Justice Odunga for bringing backMoi Day as a Public Holiday. My people, the Kalenjin Nation, have your back. We’ll not forget.@Peterchemrot: " Moi Day" is back but what for, there is nothing special about him to celebrate