Musalia Mudavadi, Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, warned that schools face rising threats from cyber risks, psychological manipulation, and artificial intelligence, in addition to traditional armed conflict. He called for a broader understanding of insecurity and urged global collaboration to protect learners.

• Mudavadi spoke at the opening of the Fifth International Conference on the Safe Schools Declaration (SSD) in Nairobi.
• The conference marks the 10th anniversary of the SSD, bringing together high-level participants.
• He emphasized that new technologies create pathways for misinformation, cyberbullying, radicalization, and exploitation among students.
• Mudavadi called for governments, civil society, academia, and technology companies to collaborate on policy reforms, cybersecurity frameworks, and digital literacy.