Intelligence agency gets Sh5bn more in 2017 budget

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) will get an extra Sh5 billion in next year’s budget to expand its operations as the country heads to the General Election.

The amount is part of the Sh8.5 billion that Treasury had chopped from the Sh35.1 billion budget that the spy agency had asked for to finance priority operation areas, including counter-terrorism, intelligence and to secure the Kenyan border with Somalia.