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The Kenya National Library Service (KNLS) is a corporate body of the Kenyan government with a mandate to "promote, establish, equip, manage, maintain and develop libraries in Kenya". In its service provision, knls plays a dual role of Public Library and National library of Kenya.

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  • The Kenya National Library Service (KNLS) is a corporate body of the Kenyan government with a mandate to "promote, establish, equip, manage, maintain and develop libraries in Kenya". In its service provision, knls plays a dual role of Public Library and National library of Kenya. knls was established in 1965 by an Act of Parliament of the Laws of Kenya to provide library and information services to the Kenyan public. In its service provision, knls plays a dual role of public library and national library of Kenya. The public library services are available in their 64 branches throughout Kenya, while the national library services are available at the headquarters in Nairobi. Currently, the Kenya National Library Service is managed by the government under the Ministry of Youth, Sports and the Arts, State Department for Sports and the Arts, where the Cabinet Secretary is Hon Ababu Namwamba. He has taken over from Amb. (Dr.) Amina C. Mohamed who was the Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Culture and Heritage in the Uhuru Kenyatta Cabinet. (en)
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  • Preservation of the National Imprint (en)
dbp:date
  • October 2018 (en)
dbp:director
  • Dr. Charles Nzivo (en)
dbp:established
  • 1965 (xsd:integer)
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  • Books, periodicals, encyclopedias, newspapers, journals, magazines, Braille materials, audio books, audio navigators for the blind, charts, maps and e-resources (en)
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  • Yes (en)
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  • Nairobi (en)
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  • The Logo of Kenya National Library Service.png (en)
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  • Est 75,000 (en)
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  • 64 (xsd:integer)
dbp:numEmployees
  • Est 650 (en)
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  • +254-20-2158352, +254-20-7786710 (en)
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  • 16M (en)
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  • National Library of (en)
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  • It's two incomplete sentences jammed together. I can't guess what it means. Something must have been left out. (en)
dbp:refLegalMandate
  • Laws of Kenya Cap 225 of April 1965 (en)
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  • Access through entry fee or registered membership for adults. Children have free access. (en)
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  • African national libraries (en)
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  • National and Public Libraries (en)
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  • The Kenya National Library Service (KNLS) is a corporate body of the Kenyan government with a mandate to "promote, establish, equip, manage, maintain and develop libraries in Kenya". In its service provision, knls plays a dual role of Public Library and National library of Kenya. (en)
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  • National Library Service of Kenya (en)
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