The Kenya Film Classification Board has banned two more Adverts from airing on main stream media platforms, Television and Radio.
While speaking on a panel in one of the local Tv stations, KFCB CEO Dr. Eziekiel Mutua said the banned Pwani Oil and Marie Stopes Kenya adverts were airing without compliance to the provisions of the Films and Stage Plays Act, Cap 222 of the Laws of Kenya and the Programming Code for Free-to-Air Radio and TV stations in Kenya.
The banned @PwaniLifeKe and @MarieStopesKe adverts were airing without compliance to the provisions of the Films and Stage Plays Act, Cap 222 of the Laws of Kenya and the Programming Code for Free-to-Air Radio and TV stations in Kenya. #KFCBbanOnAdverts @EzekielMutua @MoICTKenya pic.twitter.com/ymvoXNbtmP
— KFCB (@InfoKfcb) September 17, 2018
However, Kenyans have gone to social media to react over the ban, some citing that Dr Mutua is just but trying to convince them that he is working.
@EzekielMutua and his mouthpiece @KibetBenard_ trying had to convince us why they earn a salary #KFCBbanOnAdverts
— His Nerdiness (@hecklemaniac) September 18, 2018
With KFCB having a mandate of controlling and regulating the content aired on all Free-to-Air Radio and TV stations in Kenya, Kenyans now want it to look into Adverts that carry content not suitable for Children’s viewing.
Why make immorality sound cool to the young generation? The target group should be clear in our advertisements#KFCBbanOnAdverts
— Winnie Audrey (@winnieaudrey20) September 17, 2018
They want Dr. Mutua to check on the time Sex Safety adverts are aired on TV stations.
There are two major lines of criticisms of marketing to children. The first is that all advertising is problematic because children are unable to adequately understand and resist its messages. #KFCBbanOnAdverts
— Kinoti Joseph (@KinotiJoseph) September 17, 2018
Kenyans now claim that Condoms are advertised during any time of the day whilst carrying content not suitable for children under the ages of 18.
They further claim that some adverts on the use of Condoms are scripted and produced in a way that seems to encourage rape in the society.
#KFCBbanOnAdverts
This advert is traumatizing…use of condoms can’t be advertised through rape …Some people think with their brains dead pic.twitter.com/Ald8z174No— PoetBiggie Jay (@DonbiggieS) September 17, 2018
Airing of content that has not been rated in terms of age is surely against @InfoKfcb regulations. All media content i.e films and adverts have to be rated before being aired.#KFCBbanOnAdverts
— Manuel (@KoechMmanuel) September 17, 2018