Daily Nation is the most popular and most circulated newspaper of Kenya. With a coverage of news on varied topics like politics,business,society,entertainment,etc the Daily Nation is suitable for the position of the largest newspaper of East Africa.
Daily Nation was established by Prince Karim Aga Khan IV,the spiritual leader of the whole Ismaili community in 1959. The newspaper expanded rapidly and established itself as the Nation Media Group. The agency Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development under Aga Khan Development is the main shareholder of the group.
The Headquarters of the Daily Nation is in Nation Center situated in a twin-tower building in Kimathi Street in Nairobi,Kenya. The Daily Nation is a publicly listed company.
Daily Nation Kenya is an independent newspaper which is not controlled by the state. The newspaper is a widely popular English daily that started as only a Kenyan newspaper but soon grew o be the best one in the whole of East Africa.
The sister concern of the Daily Nation is the Sunday Nation. The Nation Media Group also owns the weekly East African,the Business Daily,the Taifa Leo(a daily in Swahili language) and Monitor(Ugandan daily). It has also ventured in television with Nation TV and radio with Nation FM.
The expanse of the print media in Kenya owes much to the contribution of Daily Nation, the most prominent newspaper of Kenya.
