Ezekiel Mutua has said wedding shows on television that are not licensed will pay penalties of up to Sh100,000 or face a five-year jail term. He also said that YouTube content produced in Kenya and not indicated as private, is also illegal.
“The mode of taking the film is not the issue but the content and the target audience. KFCB does not regulate content meant for private consumption,” he said.
This comes even as popular bloggers raised criticism over the new rules that were announced through a paid advert in the local dailies on Wednesday.
Mutua added that the rules have been there and are pegged on a 1962 law. Mutua posted a series of tweets on the issue after a majority of popular YouTube bloggers criticised the introduction of fines and jail terms for those not adhering to “his rules”. He also lauded President Uhuru Kenyatta’s signing of the Cyber-Crimes Bill 2018 into law.
“Those who thrive on abusing social media to malign others are in for a rude awakening…We must not build a society of indiscipline people who malign others on social media for sport,” he said.
The self-declared moral policeman is in the Cannes, where the Rafiki movie that he banned, featured prominently at the renowned festival.
Rafiki was banned when the commission realized that the movie featured lesbian scenes that Mutua says are contrary to Kenyan practices.