| Huduma ya Ujasusi ya Kitaifa | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:NSIS_Emblem.png) Emblem of the NSIS | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:NSIS_Flag.png) Flag of the NSIS | |
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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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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]
- ^ Mwenda Njoka (21 January 2006). "How Two Terror Attacks Were Planned And Executed". allAfrica. Nairobi. Daily Nation. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "Spy agency retains veil of secrecy on its spending plan". 24 December 2020.
- ^ PLC, Standard Group. "The Standard – Breaking News, Kenya News, World News and Videos". The Standard. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ a b "NSIS Historical Background". National Security Intelligence Service. 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2007.