Kenya urges global AI governance at UN Security Council debate
Date: 2025-09-26
Kenya has called for stronger international cooperation to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) is harnessed as a force for peace while preventing its misuse, during a high-level debate of the UN Security Council on Artificial Intelligence and International Peace and Security.
Delivering Kenya’s national
statement, Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications and the Digital
Economy, William Kabogo, said AI holds significant potential to support
conflict prevention, cyber defence, and humanitarian response. However, he cautioned
against risks linked to cyberattacks, disinformation, autonomous weapons, and
mass surveillance.
Mr. Kabogo outlined three
key priorities for the global community: the establishment of interoperable and
inclusive AI governance standards; investment in regional AI and cybersecurity
capacity to close the North–South gap; and leveraging AI for peace and sustainable
development by addressing root causes of instability, including climate shocks,
food insecurity, and health crises.
He stressed that Kenya’s
position is anchored in its National AI Strategy 2025–2030, a forthcoming AI
policy, and Africa’s wider digital transformation agenda.
“Our message was clear:
multilateralism must not only adapt to the future — it must shape it,
inclusively and justly,” Kabogo told
the Council.
By: Nana
Appiah Acquaye
