[kictanet] Kenya film board bans 'immoral' ads from running between 5am and 10pm

Wed Apr 20 09:42:19 EAT 2016

Why now ? They had 5 years and only act at the end. Quite disturbing.
Athar Ahmad Bhatti
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On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 9:45 PM -0700, "Baiju Shah via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Hi All,

Accept the banning of the adds do the Film board have any capability on imposing black out monitoring and management. It is well and good to ban things but what have they put in place that helps the authority monitor the direction properly and be able to be accountable?

Best Regards,
Baiju

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On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

The Kenya Film Classification Board has banned advertisements and commercials that feature sexual innuendos and sexually suggestive scenes, alcoholic drinks, betting and gambling from running during the watershed period between 5:00am and 10pm.
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Film-board-bans-immoral-ads/-/1056/3165970/-/yvh37d/-/index.html 		 	   		  

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