Welcome to The National. These Terms and Conditions govern your access to and use of The National website, including its articles, news reports, photographs, videos, graphics, and other content published on the platform.
By accessing or using our website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, please discontinue using the website.
1. About The National
The National is a digital news and information platform committed to providing readers with news, current affairs, features, analysis, and other informational content.
In these Terms and Conditions, the terms “The National,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to the website. The terms “you” and “your” refer to anyone accessing or using our website.
2. Use of Our Website
You may access and use The National for lawful, personal, and informational purposes.
By using our website, you agree not to:
- Use the website for any unlawful purpose or in violation of applicable laws.
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to our website, servers, systems, or databases.
- Interfere with the website’s security, performance, or normal operation.
- Introduce viruses, malicious software, or other harmful code.
- Use automated tools to scrape, copy, collect, or reproduce website content without our prior written permission, except where permitted by law.
- Misrepresent your identity or engage in fraudulent activities through our website.
- Use our content in a manner that infringes our intellectual property rights or the rights of others.
We reserve the right to restrict or terminate access to users who violate these terms.
3. Intellectual Property Rights
Unless otherwise indicated, all original content published on The National, including articles, text, headlines, photographs, graphics, logos, videos, page designs, and other materials, is owned by or licensed to The National and is protected by applicable copyright and intellectual property laws.
You may read, share, and link to our publicly available articles for personal and non-commercial purposes, provided you do not misrepresent the source or alter the content in a misleading manner.
You may not reproduce, republish, distribute, modify, sell, or commercially exploit our content without obtaining the necessary permission from the copyright owner.
Where permitted by applicable law, brief quotations may be used with appropriate attribution and a link to the original article.
Third-party materials appearing on our website remain the property of their respective owners and may be subject to separate usage restrictions.
4. Accuracy of Information
The National strives to publish accurate, relevant, and timely information. However, news and other information may change after publication, and errors or omissions may occasionally occur.
We do not guarantee that all content on the website will always be complete, accurate, current, or free from errors.
Content published on our website is provided for general informational purposes and should not be treated as professional legal, medical, financial, investment, or other specialised advice.
We reserve the right to correct, update, clarify, or remove published content when necessary.
5. News Reporting and Editorial Content
The National may publish news reports, opinion articles, interviews, commentary, sponsored content, and material obtained from official statements, public records, third-party sources, or other publications.
Opinions expressed in opinion pieces belong to their respective authors unless otherwise stated. They do not necessarily represent the views of The National.
We aim to distinguish editorial content from advertising and sponsored material where appropriate.
If you believe that an article contains a factual error, misleading information, or material that infringes your rights, you may contact us using the details provided below so that we can review your concerns.
6. User-Submitted Content
If our website allows comments, submissions, feedback, photographs, or other user-generated content, you remain responsible for the material you submit.
You agree not to submit content that is unlawful, defamatory, threatening, abusive, discriminatory, fraudulent, misleading, or in violation of another person’s rights.
By submitting content, you confirm that you have the necessary rights and permissions to share it.
Where applicable, you grant The National a non-exclusive, royalty-free permission to host, display, reproduce, and moderate your submission for purposes connected with operating and promoting the website, subject to applicable law and any separate agreement between you and us.
We reserve the right to moderate, refuse, or remove user-submitted content that violates these terms or applicable law.
7. Third-Party Links and Services
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, external publications, advertisements, and other services for your convenience or additional information.
The National does not control and is not responsible for the content, accuracy, privacy practices, security, or availability of external websites.
Accessing third-party websites is at your own discretion and subject to their respective terms and privacy policies.
The inclusion of a link does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the linked website, organisation, product, or service.
8. Advertising and Sponsored Content
The National may display advertisements, sponsored articles, promotional materials, and other commercial content from third parties.
Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for the claims, products, services, and materials they provide.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, The National does not guarantee or endorse the accuracy, quality, safety, or suitability of advertised products and services.
Any transaction between you and an advertiser or third-party provider is undertaken at your own discretion and may be governed by separate terms.
9. Privacy and Cookies
Your use of The National may involve the collection and processing of information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
We may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, understand audience engagement, improve our services, and, where applicable, provide relevant advertising.
Our Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices available to you regarding your personal information.
Please review our Privacy Policy for further details.
10. Website Availability
We aim to keep The National accessible and functioning properly. However, we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access.
The website may occasionally be unavailable because of maintenance, technical problems, security concerns, service-provider disruptions, or circumstances beyond our control.
We reserve the right to modify, suspend, discontinue, or restrict any part of the website without prior notice where reasonably necessary.
11. Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, The National and its operator, employees, contributors, and service providers shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential losses arising from your use of, or inability to use, the website.
This includes losses arising from reliance on published information, temporary website interruptions, technical errors, or the content and availability of third-party websites.
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes or limits liability where such exclusion or limitation is prohibited by applicable law. Nothing in these terms affects any rights that cannot lawfully be waived.
12. Indemnification
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to be responsible for claims, losses, liabilities, and reasonable expenses arising from your unlawful use of the website, your violation of these Terms and Conditions, or your infringement of another person’s rights.
This provision does not apply to the extent that the relevant loss or claim results from conduct for which you cannot legally be held responsible.
13. Changes to These Terms
We may revise these Terms and Conditions from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, business practices, or legal obligations.
Updated terms will be published on this page, and the effective date will be amended accordingly.
Your continued use of The National after revised terms have been published constitutes acceptance of the revised terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.
We encourage you to review this page periodically.
14. Governing Law
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with Kenyan laws without prejudice to any mandatory legal protections applicable to users.
Any dispute arising from the use of the website shall be handled by the competent courts or other dispute-resolution bodies having jurisdiction under applicable law.
15. Severability
If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue to apply to the extent permitted by law.
16. Contact Us
If you have questions about these Terms and Conditions, wish to report an error, or need to raise a concern regarding content published on our website, please contact us using the details below.
Website: The National
Email: thenationalke@yahoo.com
Website URL: https://thenational.co.ke
