National Intelligence Service (Kenya)
| Huduma ya Ujasusi ya Kitaifa | |
Emblem of the NSIS | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1926 as Special Branch and Act of Parliament 31 December 1998 |
| Preceding agencies | |
| Headquarters | Maruruis, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Motto | Apti Parati Fideles(English: "Capable, Available and Reliable") |
| Employees | Classified |
| Annual budget | Classified |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Kenya |
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.