National Intelligence Service (Kenya)

National Intelligence Service
Huduma ya Ujasusi ya Kitaifa
Emblem of the NSIS
Flag of the NSIS
Agency overview
FormedAct of Parliament
31 December 1998
Preceding agencies
HeadquartersMaruruis, Nairobi,
 Kenya
MottoApti Parati Fideles[1]
EmployeesClassified
Annual budgetClassified[2]
Agency executive
Parent agency Kenya
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National Intelligence Service (Kenya) (NIS; Swahili: Huduma ya Ujasusi ya Kitaifa) which was previously known as the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS)[3] is both the (national) domestic and foreign intelligence agency of Kenya. It had its origins in "Special Branch" a department of the national police that was created in 1952 under the British administration.[4] Among other things it provided intelligence during the Mau Mau rebellion.[4]

  1. ^ Mwenda Njoka (21 January 2006). "How Two Terror Attacks Were Planned And Executed". allAfrica. Nairobi. Daily Nation. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Spy agency retains veil of secrecy on its spending plan". 24 December 2020.
  3. ^ PLC, Standard Group. "The Standard – Breaking News, Kenya News, World News and Videos". The Standard. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b "NSIS Historical Background". National Security Intelligence Service. 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2007.

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