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.
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.
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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.
CA suspends, fines Mt Kenya TV for violating adult content rules
Wednesday April 28 2021
By BRIAN AMBANI
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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.
CAK Orders Mt Kenya TV to Go Off for Four Weeks
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The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) on Wednesday, April 28, took stern action against Mt Kenya TV over the recent airing of inappropriate content on a children s program.
CAK directed the station to go off air from midday Wednesday, April 28 for a minimum period of four weeks. The station will only be allowed to go back on air after it has complied with all compliance issues.
Further, CAK imposed a fine of Ksh500,000 noting that the station had compliance issues that had been raised for over 120 days. The authority advocated for all compliance issues to be resolved within 30 days.