The ''Daily Nation'' is a Kenyan newspaper. It was founded in 1958 and is published in Nairobi.

History

The ''Daily Nation'' was started in the year 1958 as a

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weekly called ''Taifa'' by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the

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, and became a daily newspaper, ''Taifa Leo'' (Swahili for "Nation Today"), in January 1960. An

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edition called ''Daily Nation'' was published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by former editor of the British '' News Chronicle'', Michael Curtis. The publisher was East African Newspapers (Nation Series) Ltd, which later became the Nation Media Group, with operations throughout the African Great Lakes region and is owned by the Aga Khan.

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Kenyan journalist Cyprian Fernandes worked at the ''Daily Nation'' and ''Sunday'' nation 1960 until he was forced to flee Kenya around 1973, owing to his investigative journalism probing irregularities which came too close to the government under

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, and his family was threatened. By that time he was chief reporter He was one of the first Kenyan-born reporters at the paper. Another well-known sports writer in the 1960s at the paper was Polly Fernandes.

Headquarters

The newspaper is today is published from the Nation Media Group headquarters on Kimathi Street in Nairobi. It is one of the leading newspapers in Kenya.

Market share

The ''Daily Nation'' and its Sunday edition paper ''Sunday Nation'' had a market share of 53% in 2011. Their market share was 74% in 2013. One of their main competitors in 2014 was ''

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'', published by the Standard Group.

Affiliated newspapers

* The ''Saturday Nation'' * The ''Sunday Nation'' * ''

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Taifa Leo ''Taifa Leo'' is the only Swahili-language newspaper published from Kenya. It was founded in 1958. ''Taifa Leo'' means "Nation Today" in Swahili. ''Taifa Leo'' is published by the Nation Media Group Nation Media Group (abbreviated as NMG) is ...

'', a

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newspaper, Kenya * ''Daily Monitor'' Uganda * ''The Citizen'' (Tanzania) * The EastAfrican Newspapers

In film

A documentary film about the paper was released in 2000, directed by Dutch filmmakers

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and

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References

External links

* {{Portal bar, Economics, Journalism, Politics Newspapers published in Kenya Nation Media Group 1958 establishments in Kenya Newspapers established in 1958 Mass media in Nairobi