The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) CEO Dr Ezekiel Mutua has said that it is 'unfortunate' that Rap music artiste King Kaka who is behind the hit spoken-word song 'Wajinga Nyinyi', is 'faking' government harassment to gain undue attention and publicity.
Speaking to BBC World Service on Wednesday morning, Mutua rubbished reports that the artiste had been summoned on Tuesday by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) over his viral poetic song that has spurred a fiery political debate in both Kenya and Tanzania.
"I think the artiste is just overdramatizing this whole thing to attract undue attention and publicity which is very unfortunate. KFCB is the government agency entrusted in handling such matters to do with arts and I made our stand very clear two hours after the song started trending on social media following its release," Mutua told BBC World Service Newsday programme lead presenter Alan Kasujja.
He added: "I do not agree with the song's content entirely because I don't think there is anyone who has a right to go round maligning others, but I still believe it largely resonates well with the current situation in Kenya. For instance, it castigates corruption which is okay because not even the President wants it to continue."
Mutua who now relishes in being referred to as 'moral policeman' according to a BBC interview in August, would retaliate that Kenya's 'free' democratic space and 'progressive' constitution have made it possible for 'creative' artistes like King Kaka to come up with such hard-hitting compositions and go scot-free, something he said is unheard of among Kenyan neighbours and in many other African countries.
Kasujja who hails from neighbouring Uganda would after the pre-recorded phone interview hail the song as 'great' and 'bold', and go on to regret that his earlier attempts to get an interview with King Kaka were met with "No interview please".