Africa: Kenyan Atheists Want Feb 17 Declared National Holiday

20 August 2018

An atheists lobby has asked Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i to declare February 17 a public holiday for non-believers.

Following the declaration of Tuesday, August 21, as a public holiday to mark Idd ul Adha, Atheists in Kenya (AIK) want a day for themselves too to "preach" their belief that God does not exist.

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