State dossier
Kenya
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What does it want?
Position: wants a treaty with bans (LBI-BAN). Supports a legally binding treaty that prohibits some systems.
Wants a treaty with bans (LBI-BAN), since 2025-10-13, stated directly (EXPLICIT)
At the UN First Committee in October 2025, Kenya urged states to negotiate a legally binding instrument with clear prohibitions and robust regulations on autonomous weapons. A year earlier it had called for a robust international regulatory framework. On this site's scale that is a treaty with bans.
Kenya calls for negotiating a legally binding instrument containing prohibitions and regulations.
Kenya urges the international community to move decisively towards the negotiation of a legally binding instrument with clear prohibitions and robust regulations
Statement by Kenya, First Committee general debate, 80th session, 2025-10-13 source
In 2024 Kenya called for a robust international regulatory framework for LAWS, without saying it must be binding.
We must act quickly to establish a robust international regulatory framework
Statement by Kenya, First Committee general debate, 79th session, 2024-10-14 source
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How did it vote?
Yes on all three UN votes on autonomous weapons.
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What has it signed?
Being on a list is a fact. Not being on one is not opposition.
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When has it spoken?
Every time it went on the record, dated.
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What rules has it written at home?
Its own military policy.
Military policy not yet reviewed by this site, as of 2026-11-04.
The record
The documents on file.
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