Films Containing LGBTQ+ Content Are Illegal, KFCB Says

According to Wambua Kenyan law does not allow LBGTQ+ content and relationships. 

"As we rate and classify content, we also consider other applicable laws. If there is any content that normalizes, glorifies same-sex relationships, our position in Kenya has always been to restrict and not to broadcast, exhibit or distribute that kind of content within the borders of the country," Wambua stated.

Wambua also stated that signed partnerships outside of Kenya have limited content viewership within the country. He also revealed that in recent years, they have banned a number of Kenyan-produced films with LGBTQ+ content.

KFCB CEO, Christopher Wambua. PHOTO FILE

In February 2022, KFCB banned an Indian-produced gay-themed film dubbed 'Badhaai Do'.  According to sources producers’ intent was to promote the same-sex marriage agenda as an acceptable way of life.

Wambua stated that the film was examined by both internal and external Board examiners based on existing classifiable elements and standard guidelines such as violence and crime, sex, obscenity and nudity, occult and horror, drugs, alcohol, and other harmful substances, religion, and community, and propaganda for war hate speech and incitement.

“Upon examination of the film, we noted a clear intent by the producers’ to promote same-sex marriage which is evident through the gay and lesbian characters in the film who explicitly seek to normalize their feelings for each other and ultimately convince their families to embrace and empathize with them," Wambua stated.

Furthermore, the choice of characters equally seeks to abuse establishments such as the disciplined forces and academia, professions that epitomize sobriety and virtue, and that society holds in high regard," Wambua added.