Kenya Film Classification Board C.E.O Ezekiel Mutua has ask the DCI to arrest singers, producers behind an incitement song dubbed “Pigwa Shoka “music video.
The song under Sheddy Empire production glorifies femicide and amounts to incitement to violence against women.
We alerted @Google, which owns @YouTube who committed to take action through their “Trusted Flaggers” office in Kenya. We are saddened by the delay, global platforms take long on such decisions as the global community policy standards differ from one jurisdiction to another.
However, unless their local trusted flaggers do not understand Kiswahili, this content is unpalatable and cannot be allowed in any civilised society. Such content should be blocked from circulation and the culprits arrested.
We are following up to ensure that there is heightened surveillance on this kind of content. We have also alerted @DCI_Kenya to find the creators and producers of such content and ensure that they face the law. @InfoKfcb.
In most cases, it’s unscrupulous producers who are capitalizing on such controversy to make money. The young fellows doing this kind of content are seeking cheap publicity. @InfoKfcb.
Going forward, we will be ruthless on the producers of such content and DJs who give traction to such unacceptable content. We urge the @DCI_Kenya and @PoliceKE to crack down on these hoodlums and urgently bring them to book. @InfoKfcb.
Our examination and classification department will be operational 24/7 to give guidance on the classifiable elements of such content. We appeal to the members of the public not to dignify such unacceptable content by circulating it on @WhatsApp groups. @InfoKfcb