No, Interior CS Kindiki has declared April 21, 2023 as a public holiday to commemorate Idd-ul-Fitr, not April 24.

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Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki declares April 24, 2023 as a public holiday to commemorate Idd-ul-Fitr.

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The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is False.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. We noted that Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki declared Idd-ul-Fitr as a public holiday on April 21, 2023. He made the declaration in an April 19 special gazette notice.

According to a statement obtained by the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks, the same was confirmed by Deputy Chief Kadhi Sukyan Hassan Omar, who indicated in a letter dated April 18, addressed to Kadhis around the country, that Idd will be observed on April 21.

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Gazette notice declaring April 21 as a public holiday in commemoration of Idd-ul-Fitr

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