{"id":50424,"date":"2024-04-09T12:58:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/government-declares-wednesday-public-holiday\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T12:58:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:58:41","slug":"government-declares-wednesday-public-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/government-declares-wednesday-public-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Government declares Wednesday public holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Idd-ul-Fitr, a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims around the world, marks the end of the holy month of fasting and prayer widely known as Ramadan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ministry of Public Service and Labour wishes to inform employers and employees in public and private sectors that on Wednesday 10 April 2024, will be a public holiday to celebrate EID EL FITR, in accordance with the Presidential Order N\u00b0 062\/01 of 19\/10\/2022 on public holidays,\u201d the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

During Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations, Muslim faithful wake up to cleanse their bodies in a ritual called ghusl.<\/p>\n

After getting dressed for the day they gather in mosques or outdoor locations for prayers and listen to a khutba (sermon) and give zakat al-fitr (charity in the form of food).<\/p>\n

Customary greetings, Eid Mubarak, with a formal embrace \u2013 three times \u2013 are common during Eid.<\/p>\n

The celebrations come at a time the country continues to observe the National Commemoration Week as part of the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n

The 30th commemoration, also known as Kwibuka30, kicked off on Sunday, April 7, with a national event presided over by President Paul Kagame. <\/p>\n

The anniversary, that seeks to honour more than a million people who lost their lives in the genocide, is being marked under the theme “remember-unite-renew” and serves as a moment of reflection on peace and unity, as precursors for sustainable development.<\/p>\n

\"Minister<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

{The Ministry of Public Service and Labour has declared Wednesday, April 10, 2024, a public holiday to celebrate Idd-ul-Fitr.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000065626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-50424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000065626,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2024-04-09_at_2.46_29_pm.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2024-04-09_at_2.46_29_pm.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2024-04-09_at_2.46_29_pm.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2024-04-09_at_2.46_29_pm.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2024-04-09_at_2.46_29_pm.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2024-04-09_at_2.46_29_pm.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000065626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50424"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=50424"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=50424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}