Eastern African region states should intergrate Artificial Intelligence into security operations aimed at fixing emerging security threats in the bloc.
These remarks were made by Rigathi Gachagua the Deputy President of Kenya on Sunday while speaking in Mombasa when he officially opened the Mashariki Cooperation Conference.
“While more resources are required in the integration of Artificial Intelligence into security operations, we have no option but to invest for better outcomes,” Gachagua said.
“With advancing technology, we must be armed with highly innovative infrastructure for tracing, tracking and monitoring potential threats for early elimination and prevention.”
Speaking at the same meeting, National Intelligence Service Director-General Noordin Haji underscored the need for countries in the Eastern Africa bloc to unite in the fight against crime in the region.
Haji said criminal elements have taken advantage of gaps in law enforcement in the region to perpetuate illicit activities.
The country’s top spy called on the region to embrace collective approach in dismantling the vice.
“With integration of our region, we have encountered a multitude of challenges that have exploited the free movement of goods and people to advance illicit activities,” he said.
The Mashariki Cooperation Conference brings together top security and National Intelligence Service chiefs from over 10 States in the Eastern African Region.
States represented in the conference include Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique, Eritrea and Malawi.
