International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2026

Every year, Kenya holds a national celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, and every year it moves to a different county. In 2025 it was held at Moi Gardens in Lodwar, Turkana County.

This year's UN theme is The CRPD at 20: Building on progress, advancing the future (what it means). It marks twenty years since the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in December 2006.

What we know so far

• Date and venue: to be announced by the national organisers. We will update this page as soon as they are public.
• Organisers: the State Department for Social Protection and the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, with a national steering committee of government agencies, organisations of persons with disabilities and development partners.

It will be the last national celebration before the 2027 General Election.

Want to be part of it?

If your organisation is planning an activity in the run-up to the celebration, or you want to support the celebration, tell us and we will list it here.