Institution
Kenya News Agency
Kenya News Agency (KNA) is the flagship of the Department of Information. Established in 1963 as a medium for building the nascent nation, its main objective was to create a common Kenyan identity through a coherent and cohesive voice.
Our history
From wartime information service to KNA
KNA gathered, processed, and disseminated local print and electronic news using the Kenyan narrative, complementing the then Voice of Kenya (VOK) — now the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) — to propagate the Government's development agenda.
Its predecessor, the Kenya Information Service (KIS), was formed in 1939 to disseminate information on World War II and was wound up in 1945.
Reach
A nationwide network
47
County offices
25
Sub-county offices
24
County Information Resource Centers
The Agency also disseminates electronic news and information to local and international subscribers. Its County Information Resource Centers (IRCs) and 11 Regional Publications are focal points for content gathering and dissemination.
This countrywide network gives KNA a competitive advantage over other media organizations. Its presence at the national, county and sub-county levels makes the Agency a veritable nerve center for gathering, packaging, processing, and disseminating news and information on Government policies, projects, programmes, and initiatives to the Kenyan public.
How KNA works
Four sections
01
National Editorial Desk
Receives, processes, packages and disseminates news and information to subscribers.
02
Field Services
Generates content — news, features, photographs and video footage — for onward transmission to the National Editorial Desk.
03
Press Center
Generates content — video footage, photos and scripts — and packages and files it to the National Editorial Desk for onward transmission to subscribers. Also provides coverage and documents events for Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
04
Photographic Section
Captures, processes, and sends photographs to the National Editorial Desk for onward transmission to subscribers. Also provides photographic services to MDAs.
What guides us
Mandate, vision & mission
Mandate
Provide information to citizens to make informed decisions.
Vision
To be the leading news and information source globally.
Mission
To gather and disseminate news and information for national development in line with Vision 2030.
Get in touch
Contacts
Address
Uchumi House, 4th Floor
Nairobi, Kenya