Declare African Day a national holiday

We, the people of Africa;

Residing in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Government of Kenya (GOK),

Being citizens under the laws of Kenya and by extension members of the African Union (AU) of which the GOK is a signatory to all the statutes and declarations,
Recognising that social cohesion and identity are components of overall integration, which are as critical as any other,

Aware of the need for a people to share common institutions including cultures, commemorations and other institutions so as to bond as a people and as a nation,
Invoking the government’s commitment to the ideals, principles and objectives of the 2002 Constitutive Act of the AU and other continental agreements as stated elsewhere in this document,

Remembering resolution 13 of the first Conference of Independent African Heads of State and Government held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to ‘appoint the day of 25 May as African Liberation Day’,

Informed of the 10 African countries that have already realised this commitment in as far as this development is concerned,

Move this petition which demands that the powers that be, namely those executive and the legislative, move with expediency to fast track the unification of African people as expressed in the unity documents, and in particular to:

Establish henceforth the Date of May the 25Th, currently marked as the African Day on the AU calendar, as a national public holiday, and as an institution of African unity.

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* This petition was sent to us by Agwambo Odera who can be contacted by email: [email][email protected].
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