The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has banned several child programmes on the pay television, DSTV and GOTV that are said to promote homosexuality.
KFCB Chief Executive Officer, Ezekiel Mutua, through a statement, said that over the last couple of weeks they have received complaints from people that a section of pay TV services are distributing content glorifying homosexual behavior contrary to the law and the KFCB guidelines.
“Most of these programs target vulnerable children with subtle messages that are deliberately designed to corrupt their moral judgment regarding the institution of family, “the statement reads. This was followed by thorough investigations prompted by the complaints and the board established that the kids’ shows are indeed legitimate and are currently being aired on DSTV and GOTV, owned by the Multichoice Limited,” he said.
The banned programmes include Loud House, the Legend of Korra and Hey Arnold, which are animation TV shows aired on the Nickelodeon channels. Others are Steven Universe and Adventure Time on Cartoon Network, another channel available on DSTV and GOTV.
KFCB claim that these programmes have been rated as suitable for children yet they contain elements that are intended to introduce children to deviant behavior.
“Most parents in Kenya may not be aware that the children’s programmes are laced with retrogressive and bizarre messages intended to promote the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender agenda in the country,“ the statement reads.
In the statement KFCB further says that the programmes bear misleading age suitability ratings that are inconsistent with the KFCB content classification guidelines and also against the laws of Kenya.
Also in the statement, KFCB says to have contacted Multichoice Kenya through a letter and asked the network to discontinue the broadcasting and distribution of the programmes with immediate effect as access of such content by children is prohibited.
Sources in Kenya say the KFCB boss Mutua posted this message on Facebook and it became a sigh of relief to many Kenyan parents.
Many of the comments showed that people are happy with the move Mutua has taken. He was applauded for the good job he has done and was requested to even go ‘deeper and find out the root cause of the problems among the people’.
By press time it was not possible to contact officials of MultiChoice Uganda to get their position on the matter.
