The Kenyan Film Classification Board ( KFCB ) has ordered Google to pull down a video that the agency considers as promoting gay relationships.
KFCB Chief Executive, Ezekiel Mutua wrote to Google Kenya and other state agencies asking them to take action against creators and distributors of the music video titled Same Love by Art Attack whose lyrics, he said, advocate gay rights in Kenya.
He spewed:
Kenya must not allow its people to become the Sodom and Gomorrah of the current age through psychological drive from such content. We have written to Google to remove the video from their platforms. We expect they will do it within one week from now to
avoid further violation of the law.
He reiterated that Article 45 of the Kenyan Constitution defines marriage as a union between persons of the opposite sex and the Penal Code Section 162 to 165 criminalises homosexual behaviour.
Update: Hit video
13th March 2016. See article from freethinker.co.uk
Banned gay music video becomes a hit Last month Kenyan censors banned the country's first gay-themed music video -- and the Streisand Effect immediately kicked in. The video, Same Love has so far attracted over 135,000 views.
The song is a remix by Kenyan rapper Art Attack The artist said of the video:
We expected that this will create controversy. We expected that a lot of people will talk about it but we didn't expect the amount of publicity it has received. The erotic scenes were meant to show that these people also fall in love.
In a news conference, Ezekiel Mutua from Kenya's film classification board said:
The video currently circulating on YouTube consists of lyrics that strongly advocate for gay rights in Kenya, complete with graphic sexual scenes between people of the same gender, as well as depiction of nudity and pornography.
Last year, Kenya's ungodly deputy president has said there is no room for homosexuality in Kenya's godly society.
Update: Google refuse to censor
16th March 2016. See article from metro.co.uk
The Kenya Films Classification Board has failed in its attempt to get a gay music video removed from Google.
President of the KFCB, Ezekiel Mutua, has said he'll take the matter to court.
Google Kenya are apparently being a bit coy about refusing the censor board's request, saying it merely doesn't regulate the YouTube content. The video is still very much live on YouTube.
South Africa's communications censor Icasa and the Film & Publication Board plan to sign an agreement in terms of which the two organisations will work together on issues of co-jurisdiction .
Kenyan broadcasters will not be allowed to air adult content from 5am to 10pm Eastern African time, from June 2016.
