The National Intelligence Service of Kenya is headed by a Director-General who is nominated by the President (of the Republic of Kenya); and approved by the National Parliament, upon which he serves a five years term in office. The Director-General of NIS Kenya enjoys security of tenure while in office; and can have his contract renewed for an additional five years. The Director-general can serve a maximum of two sequential terms in office. The current Director-General is Major-General Philip Wachira Kameru; and he was nominated on August 14th, 2014, and was formally appointed to head Kenya’s NIS on September 11th, 2014.
Usually, the Director-Generals of Kenya’s National Intelligence Service have been drawn from the military, especially from the senior ranks of the Military Intelligence of Kenya. Prior to his appointment as the Director-General of NIS Kenya, Major-General Philip Kameru served as the head of military intelligence.
Based on the Kenyan Constitution, the hierarchy of the National Intelligence Service of Kenya is structured as described hereafter. The Director-General is the overall administrator of the service; and is subordinated by the eight directors, with each one heading a specific Division in the service. NIS Kenya has eight Divisions with the principal Divisions being: Internal Intelligence (which is responsible for collecting domestic intelligence), External Intelligence (which is responsible for collecting foreign intelligence); and the Counter Intelligence Division (which is responsible for collecting counter intelligence, and countering the activities related to foreign espionage). The other five divisions are Administration, Information technology, Operations, Analysis and production; and the National Intelligence Academy (NIA).
The Directors who head the Divisions are appointed by the Director-General of Kenya’s National Intelligence Service in consultation with the National Security Council (NSC). Though a Director is the administrative head of a particular division, he is still subjected to the directives and controls issued by the Director-General.
The number of intelligence officers is determined by the Director-General of Kenya’s National Intelligence Service, in consultation with the National Security Council. The principal factor considered when populating NIS Kenya with intelligence officers is that the number selected is appropriate for Kenya’s NIS to effectively and properly discharge its mandate and functions.
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