Experts reportedly informed the National Assembly committee that stakeholders in the AI and robotics field were not consulted during the drafting of the bill.
Kenyan information technology (IT) experts have urged Parliament to reject the 2023 Robotics and AI Society Bill, citing numerous significant shortcomings.
According to local media, the experts appeared before the National Assembly’s Communication, Information, and Innovation (CII) committee chaired by Dagoreti South MP John Kiarie during a session to mark this year’s International Safer Internet Day. The experts reportedly informed the committee that stakeholders in the artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics field were not consulted during any phase of drafting the bill.
In the bill titled the Kenya Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Society Bill 2023, entities are described as unlicensed if they have yet to register their robotics and AI ventures with the Robotics Society of Kenya (RSK).
