[KFCB CEO Ezekiel Mutua speaking to Journalist about the nationwide crackdown on public service vehicles screening pornographic content this morning at the Ufanisi hotel - Kisii. [Photo-Ezekiel Mutual]
The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) crackdown on Public Service Vehicles (PSV) showing and playing obscene content that started in Mombasa on Monday has now been extended to other regions in the country.
KFCB officials from the Garissa regional office today carried out an impromptu inspection targeting matatus plying the Garissa - Madogo route.
Buses plying the Garissa - Nairobi route were not spared in the early morning swoop.
According to the Garissa regional office manager Justin Ombati the exercise follows complains from members of the public that some Matatus and buses were playing obscene, unpleasant loud music and videos respectively.
The matatu crew seems to have been hinted on the impending clampdown because the vehicles KFCB officials were targeting had their music gadgets tampered with or removed altogether.
Only two buses had video contents that were not classified and not suitable for children.
The officials took away flash disks with music for inspection.Ombati said any matatu crew found to have flouted the law will be prosecuted.
“This crackdown will move to Wajir, Tana River, and Mandera counties until we are satisfied that all PSV are complying. This is a countrywide crackdown,” Ombati said.
“We have received complaints from the public who are concerned that some PSV plying the Madogo - Garissa, and Nairobi - Garissa routes are playing obscene videos and music,” he added
Omar Shwaib, a resident of Madogo said most of the music played in the matatus were meant to entertain the crew and not the passengers.
Shwaib said the residents support the crackdown adding that the music played are ‘spoiling our children’.
Speaking in Mombasa on Monday when he launched the campaign, KFCB CEO Ezekiel Mutua expressed concern that PSV’s are displaying content laced with pornographic materials which are destroying the moral fabric of society.
Mutua said the vice undermines national values and morality, promising it will not continue under his watch.
He called on law enforcers and the judiciary to partner with the film regulator to win the war against unpalatable material in vehicles.
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