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Ezekiel Mutua speaks after CA suspends Mt Kenya TV. Kenya Film Classifications Board Boss Dr. Ezekiel Mutua has backed the Communications Authority of Kenya’s (CA) decision to suspend and fine vernacular station, Mt Kenya TV, after airing unsuitable content. Sharing his sentiments via Twitter, Dr. Mutua urged media outlets to take responsibility and avoid exposing young children to adult content or else face the consequences. “Mt. Kenya TV violated content regulations by airing pornographic content. Now CA has shut them off for a month and slapped a 500k on them. Protection of children from premature exposure to adult content is a collective responsibility. I hope this will serve as a lesson to others,” he wrote.

Mt Kenya Television Channel To Be Off-Air Until It Meets All The Compliance Issues By CA

The Authority took this decision, among other raft of regulatory actions, after establishing that the TV channel, owned by Slopes Media House Ltd, had aired inappropriate content during the watershed period. ‘The Authority has established that the airing of the animated movie, Free Jimmy, was in blatant breach of the Broadcasting Regulations, the Programme Code, and the terms and conditions of the station’s broadcasting licence,” said the acting CA Director General Mrs. Wanjau in a press statement today. Advertisement Mrs Wanjau said that the offensive programming was aired at a time when children were likely to be watching the broadcast unsupervised given that schools are closed and during a pandemic, which has limited other forms of entertainment.

Sexually Explicit Cartoon Earns Mt Kenya TV a Suspension and Hefty Fine

The Communication Authority of Kenya has finally taken disciplinary action against Mt Kenya TV for airing explicit content last week. On Monday, April 19, 2021, the vernacular station aired an animated movie titled “Free Jimmy” during its ‘Mucii wa Ciiana’ (home of the children) programme. The fi

CA suspends, fines Mt Kenya TV for violating adult content rules

CA suspends, fines Mt Kenya TV for violating adult content rules Wednesday April 28 2021 By BRIAN AMBANI Summary The channel, owned by Slopes Media House, was also fined Sh500,000 and ordered to take all its staff to the CA within seven days for training on the programming code. The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has suspended the licence of vernacular station Mt Kenya TV for four weeks for airing inappropriate content last week. The CA said that the television station had aired adult content during the watershed period in the programme “ Mucii wa Ciana” that aired on the afternoon of April 19, which exposed children to harmful content, especially at a time they are at home on holiday.

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