The Daily Nation is a Kenyan daily newspaper based in Nairobi.[1] It was founded in 1958 and is published by Nation Media Group.
It operates on a subscription model, requiring readers to pay for access to most of its online articles and content.
History
A predecessor to The Daily Nation was a Swahili weekly called Taifa by the Englishman Charles Hayes, founded in 1958.[2] It was bought in 1959 by Prince Shah Karim al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV and became a daily newspaper, Taifa Leo (Swahili for "Nation Today"), in January 1960.
An English-language 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.