The Braille Library service was officially launched in October 1996 in the Nairobi area library at the headquarters community area.
Since the initial inception of the Kenya National Library Board in 1968, there had been neither service for the blind nor service for any other disabled. This contravened CAP 225, the laws of Kenya on which the knls was enacted which stipulates that library service shall be provided on the basis of equality of access without discriminating anyone on the basis of race religion, political party affiliation, or physical disability.
It was on the realization on this shortcoming that the knls board decided to start with the service for the blind and progressively later on to provide service for other disabilities like deaf, physically handicapped and any other.