[kictanet] Film board overstepping mandate in policing aired adverts - CA

[Ali Hussein]

This is a tough one. One can almost see where Bwana Mutua is coming from. Yet on the other hand Bwana Wangusi is absolutely correct. The two gentlemen should meet over a cup of coffee and agree how to execute their mandates without stepping on each other's toes :-)

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> On 21 Apr 2016, at 3:52 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> The Kenya Film Classification Board is overstepping its mandate by policing content aired by broadcasters, the CA has said.
> 
> Communication Authority Director general Francis Wangusi said on Thursday that the KFCB is only mandated with rating aired content, not controlling it.
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> “We are not aware of the parameters they use to classify content," Wangusi said.
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> "As far as we know they are only supposed to advise on terms of general viewing and parental guidelines on above-18 content. That is the far they can go."
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> Wangusi noted that the authority has the sole mandate of monitoring programming codes.
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> http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/04/21/film-board-overstepping-mandate-in-policing-aired-adverts-ca_c1336402
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