KFCB to Work with Federation of Public Transport Sector on Clean Content

The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) Ag. CEO, Mr. Christopher Wambua, held a meeting with the Federation of Public Transport Sector (FPTS), led by the FPTS Chairperson, Mr. Edwin Mukabanah and Organizing Secretary, Mr. Dickson Mbugua on 7th December, 2022.

The agenda was to sensitize the Federation on the need to exhibit clean content in the PSVs in order to protect children. 

Mr. Wambua reiterated that the essence of regulation is to ensure that audio-visual content conforms to Kenya’s culture, and to protect children from exposure to harmful/adult content. 

"Our Board appreciates the role of the contribution of the PSV sector to the economy," said Mr. Wambua, adding that the Board recognizes PSVs operators as well as Saccos, as among key stakeholders in the execution of its core regulatory mandate, especially in areas of the exhibition of audio-visual content.

He thanked the Federation for their support in ensuring that clean content is exhibited in most of the PSVs under their management and the Board is counting on them to continue the same for purposes of protecting children/minors from exposure to harmful content/adult content.

“Our courtesy call today is, therefore, to appraise you on our mandate and programs as well as find ways, probably through another forum, on how best we can collaborate to execute our mandate and ensure that children who use public vehicles are not exposed to harmful material, especially during this long holiday season," he said.

The Federation Chairperson said that the issue of protecting children from inappropriate content in PSVs needs to be handled collaboratively by all stakeholders in the Matatu industry.

Mr. Mukabanah noted that playing dirty music in PSVs is a vice that needs to be stopped by all means.

He assured the Board of the Federation's support in protecting children from exposure to inappropriate content.

Mr. Wambua assured stakeholders that the Board will not regulate self-generated content but will monitor the same to ensure that content exhibited, broadcast, or distributed does not expose children to adult content.