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
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HeadquartersMaruruis, Nairobi,
 Kenya
MottoApti Parati Fideles
EmployeesClassified
Annual budgetClassified
Minister responsible
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Deputy Minister responsible
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Agency executive
  • Noordin Mohamed Haji
Parent agency Kenya
Child agency
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Key document
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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) 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. Among other things it provided intelligence during the Mau Mau rebellion.