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Reject calls for more public holidays

Kiambu Senator Karungo wa Thang'wa.

Kiambu Senator Karungo wa Thang'wa. The amendment bill to restructure public holidays proposed by Senator Thang’wa is not good for a struggling economy such as Kenya’s.

Photo credit: Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group

Big joke • Youthful Kiambu Senator Karungo wa Thang’wa’s proposal to have “four-day public holiday weekends is laughable”, says W. Kimariech. “With already too many holidays, we lose many man-hours we could have used to rebuild our struggling economy. This suggestion can only confirm our worst fears that, indeed, the Senate is a “nyumba ya wazee (old people’s home)!” His contact is [email protected].

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