[kictanet] FW: Day-time Vulgar Conversations on Kenya Media

Thu Jun 27 18:42:30 EAT 2013

@All

Unlike many of you who do nothing but twit (pun intended) I take action first with myself, then my children and finally the larger society.  I only listen to sensible stations when I am driving, it is either Radio Waumini or BBC on the rare occasion that I need to switch the radio on as most times I prefer to listen to myself think, alternatively I have a collection of CD's (yet to upgrade to flash drives).

When I am in the car with my wive, children or friend I will avoid turning on the radio and instead indulge in verbal discussion even if the topic is as nonsensical as why the bee can fly against the basic laws of physics (it is all about the vortex - learnt that from my son)

Finally if I am in a matatu and they are tuned to those vulgar discussions, I will politely ask them to turn it off or change channels, if they refuse I will incite the person nearest in age to me in the vehicle and if that does not work I will insult the makanga and/or driver as for them to haul back their insults they will have to turn off the radio finally if that fails the speaker nearest to me will suddenly stop working (speakers use 1.5 to 3 volts work out the rest for yourself).  

For those of you raising issues about what is showing on TV it is time you learnt to use the features on your expensive TV/decoder that allows you to lock channels, but since many of you have a phobia for reading you will prefer to insist that CCK controls what your children and you are watching from the broadcast end, remember that there are those who benefit from some of those topics and for that reason your TV was supplied with an OFF switch.

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 From: John Kariuki <ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk>
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Sent: Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 20:13
Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW:  Day-time Vulgar Conversations on Kenya Media

Walu,Listers,

In year 2001 at Safari Park Hotel in a broadcasting stakeholders meeting, a prominent MD of a Media House told the audience plainly that if they did not like the programmes then they could switch-off the radio/TV. I doubt if the attitude has changed.
Unlike social media ,the broadcasters are actually picking our resource(spectrum -a public resource) to mess the future generations of the same owners of the resource.
Any student of media will tell you that sex,sports and drugs do sell and sell very well. However as a society do we really wish to promote some of these to our own detriment. No western or even eastern democratic country allows this,.We are  obviously a bad exception.
It is a clear PUBLIC POLICY issue urgently seeking a solution.

John Kariuki

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 From: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 18:25
Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW:  Day-time Vulgar Conversations on Kenya Media

@Mutunga aka Mutwiri 

As a married man, am not against sex or its content per se :-)  

I am simply against "commoditizing"/"cheapening" sex and bringing it down to the same level as if you are discussing "which shoes or dress you will wear today or  how different they were from what you wore yesterday". This is  essentially what the FM stations in particular are doing as they try to work-up the number of listeners in a view to increase market share and subsequently adverstising revenue.

The thing is that I am over 18 and so I know this part of wisdom. On the other hand my 13year old son does not yet know/understand this and bombarding
 him with sex stories from 6am in the morning, at lunch time and through the evening will never give him the chance to come to this level of understanding. 
 Yes, he may still access the same content online (FB, Twitter, etc) - but as a Society, we should never "sanitize" such behaviour by accepting it or tolerating in our public discourse. (and this answers those who always say -change the channel)

And if the media cannot protect our kids from this, the Regulator has an obligation to do so. And I am not seeking for HEAVY censorship here from the Regulator. We simply need the regulator to implement what in the industry globally knows as the "watershed schedule?" :-Implement the Timing for when Adult content can be allowed on our broadcasting airwaves.

walu.

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From: Isaac Mutunga <scmutunga at yahoo.com>
To: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> 
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Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW:  Day-time Vulgar Conversations on Kenya Media

@Walu. 
Currently there are more audience on cyberspace than listeners of
 FM radios put together. To survive social media cannibalizes stories 
from traditional media, adds some salt and serves it to the millions of 
its audience out there. You will find  that most ardent FM radio 
listeners are also social media fans. Try and visit most of the FM 
radios social media pages and you will see the reason why I believe 
social media incites FM radio stories and not the other way round. 

I
 don't support the content being aired but I believe to some extent the 
media mirrors the society, even if you smash the mirror because it 
depicts your ugliness you will still remain ugly. 

I think CCK will 
accomplish very little by regulating FM radios and giving a free reign 
to social media. 
I have heard that it is impossible to regulate 
social media  but I have seen social media groups that have regulated 
their members. CCK and other stakeholders should think of encouraging 
self-regulation in both FM radio and social media content.

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Sent: Wednesday, 26 June 2013 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW:  Day-time Vulgar Conversations on Kenya Media

@Wambua,

thnx for the feedback.  I hope CCK successfully defends its right to regulate content on our air-waves.  I know in developed economies they may find this "un-usual", "un-constitutional", "human-rights issue" etc - but we cannot copy everything from them. This is because whereas their laws are very liberal, their society has  mature  "self-regulatory" mechanisms/code of conduct which they all adhere to.

Pornography has the same effect as drugs (e.g. cocaine, bhang, etc).  Once you start on it, you will only want a bigger and stronger "fix".  Our FM stations have literally started on it over the last 2years and what we are seeing now is that they are moving from soft-pornography into "hard" porn.  And someone must stop it to save
 our future generation from being
 "porn"
 junkies.

I know my friends in the media claim  they only "sell" what society "demands" and are not to blame.  But I think they are getting lazy and rather than seek high-level, brain-consuming topics, they opt of cheap and easier animal/instict-level topics.

Lets all support CCK on this one.

walu.

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Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:41 AM
Subject: [kictanet] FW:  Day-time Vulgar Conversations on Kenya Media

Edith /listers,

Apologies for the delay in responding to this post. We are really busy with the ongoing East African Communications Congress and Exhibition taking place at the KICC.

The responsibility of regulating broadcast content falls under two state agencies, CCK and the Kenya Film and Classification Board. The latter is mandated by law to classify all films for general exhibition (including those aired on TV). CCK on the other hand is supposed to regulate all other categories of broadcast content. 

CCK was vested with this responsibility in 2010 vide an amendment to our establishing legislation. However, a broadcaster went to court challenging the constitutional authority of CCK to regulate broadcasting content. Subsequently CCK was injuncted from exercising this responsibility until the matter is heard and determined. The matter is still before the courts, which means we cannot regulate broadcasting content in the interim.  

We had already developed the requisite regulatory tools and instruments in readiness to embarking on important responsibility of ensuring, among others, that minors are protected from adult content.  A draft programme code, for instance, had been developed in readiness. The said programme code will be subjected to stakeholder consultation, as soon as the said matter is concluded.  

I hope this sheds light on this matter.  

Christopher Wambua
Manager/Communications
Consumer and Public Affairs Division 
Communications Commission of Kenya
P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800
KENYA

From:kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+wambua=cck.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Edith Adera
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 10:31 AM
To: Wambua, Christopher
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day-time Vulgar Conversations on Kenya Media

Isn’t this under CCK docket? And Media Council? Unfortunately, CCK is always silent on such issues on this list, they only advertise upcoming events, but don’t engage in responding to key issues.

I do hope it’s different this time and they can tell us how they are regulating content or is it not under their mandate?

Edith

From:kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Gilda Odera
Sent: June 26, 2013 8:54 AM
To: Edith Adera
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day-time Vulgar Conversations on Kenya Media

This definitely needs urgent action. People have spoken about this for ages yet nothing has been done to stop such vulgarity, especially on Radio.

Regards,

Gilda Odera

On Jun 26, 2013, at 8:34 AM, Matunda Nyanchama <mnyanchama at aganoconsulting.com> wrote:
Friends
> 
>I am wondering whether the Media Council and CCK shouldn't step up their act. 
> 
>2 cases in point: 
> 
>(a) FM radio conversations during the morning commute where one hears vulgar language with explicit descriptions (jocular as they may be) of natural and "unnatural" sex acts, bestiality and the like. And matatus faithfully tune in; and you are in the company of people of all manner of age: school kids, young working professionals, aging mothers/fathers, etc.  
>
>What a shame!
> 
>(b) In Nairobi recently, I sat down for afternoon coffee with a friend at a restaurant littered (across the walls) with flat screen TVs. Showing on the channel they had tuned into was a movie with explicit love-making ... imagine the rest. Despite our protestations, the restaurant owner's ears appeared deaf!
> 
>Some people may say we need self-regulation but as a society we need some standards. We need some labeling of content that guide when it can be broadcast. For instance, adult content should be restricted to the time between 9 pm and 5 am; day time content should, of necessity, be family-friendly.
> 
>Or what say you professionals and regulators? 
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