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Formed | Act of Parliament 31 December 1998 |
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Headquarters | Maruruis, Nairobi, Kenya |
Motto | Apti Parati Fideles[1] |
Employees | Classified |
Annual budget | Classified[2] |
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Parent agency | Kenya |
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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)[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]