'Kenya’s new spy chief will lead the national intelligence service – what the job is all about'

New spy chief: Noordin Haji (Photo/File)

Kenya’s President William Ruto recently nominated a new national intelligence chief. Breaking with tradition, the president picked a career intelligence officer, Noordin Haji.

But what is national intelligence and what work does it do, particularly in Kenya? Since 1999, the country’s spy chiefs have been picked fro…