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Uganda : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months

  • Currency: Shilling (UGX)
  • Internet domain: .ug - Telephone code: +256 - International dialing code: 000 - GMT offset: +3 (DST: no)
  • Weekend: Sunday
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    Monday november 11, 2024Mid-term holiday (end)School holidays
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    Wednesday december 25, 2024Christmas DayCatholic or protestant
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    Thursday december 26, 2024Boxing DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday january 1, 2025School holidaysSchool holidays
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    Wednesday january 1, 2025New Year's DaySecular holiday
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    Sunday january 26, 2025Anniversary of the GovernmentSecular holiday
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    Monday february 3, 2025New year holiday (end)School holidays
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    Friday february 14, 2025Valentine's Daycards/flowers
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    Sunday february 16, 2025Memorial DaySecular holiday
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    Mid-term holiday (end)

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    Monday november 11, 2024
    School holidays :

    Christmas Day

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    Wednesday december 25, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Year’s Day on Christmas Day.

    Boxing Day

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    Thursday december 26, 2024
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    School holidays

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    Wednesday january 1, 2025
    School holidays : Www.education.go.ug
    The calendar issued by the Ministry of Education does not seem to be updated -- please double check
    Schooling mandatory till age 15
    Teaching language: English, Bantu, Nilotic, Central Sudanic, Kuliak languages
    schools are closed on Sunday
    school uniforms required

    We carry confirmed dates till Jan 2025; Further dates are projected dates based on previous years

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    New Year's Day

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    Wednesday january 1, 2025
    Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Anniversary of the Government

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    Sunday january 26, 2025
    Secular holiday :

    New year holiday (end)

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    Monday february 3, 2025
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    Valentine's Day

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    Friday february 14, 2025
    cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February

    Memorial Day

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    Sunday february 16, 2025
    Secular holiday : Janani Jakaliya Luwum (c. 1922 – 17 February 1977) was the archbishop of the Church of Uganda from 1974 to 1977 and one of the most influential leaders of the modern church in Africa. He was arrested in February 1977 and died shortly after. Although the official account describes a car crash, it is generally accepted that he was murdered on the orders of then-President Idi Amin. [Wikipedia]