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February 17, 2026
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Govt hails NIRU as strategic anchor in evolving security landscape
Kenya’s security leadership has praised the newly established National Intelligence and Research University (NIRU) for enhancing intelligence-led operations and improving the country’s response to both conventional and emerging threats. Speaking during the university’s inau..
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The Kenyan government has lauded the newly established National Intelligence and Research University (NIRU) as a crucial development for enhancing intelligence-led security operations and addressing conventional and emerging threats across Africa. The university held its inaugural graduation, with officials highlighting its immediate impact on national and continental security.
- Kenya's Interior Cabinet Secretary, Kipchumba Murkomen, stated that intelligence-led operations have led to the recovery of over 1,300 firearms from bandits within a year, attributing this success to strengthened intelligence capabilities.
- National Intelligence Service Director, Noordin Haji, emphasized that NIRU is a strategic response to Africa's evolving threat landscape, which includes poly-crises like cyber vulnerabilities, disinformation, and climate change.
- NIRU, which received its charter in 2024, currently enrolls students from 21 African countries, totaling nearly 100, with plans to expand to at least 32 African states to reinforce its pan-African mandate.
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