CA suspends, fines Mt Kenya TV for violating adult content rules
Wednesday April 28 2021
By BRIAN AMBANI
Summary
The channel, owned by Slopes Media House, was also fined Sh500,000 and ordered to take all its staff to the CA within seven days for training on the programming code.
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has suspended the licence of vernacular station Mt Kenya TV
for four weeks for airing inappropriate content last week.
The CA said that the television station had aired adult content during the watershed period in the programme “
Mucii wa Ciana” that aired on the afternoon of April 19, which exposed children to harmful content, especially at a time they are at home on holiday.
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The Communications Authority on Wednesday, April 28 suspended Mt. Kenya broadcast operations for four weeks. [File, Standard]
The broadcasting services of Mt Kenya Television have been suspended for four weeks by the Communications Authority (CA).
The black-out, occasioned by the broadcaster’s airing of inappropriate content, begins on Tuesday, April 28 noon, the CA said.
The regulator said in a statement Wednesday that Mt. Kenya TV had aired obscene content in a children’s program titled
Mucii wa Ciana.
The CA stated that the unsuitable content had explicit sexual innuendos, glorified drug abuse, robbery and violence.
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“The Authority established that the licensee had aired adult content during the watershed period, and at a time when most children were at home during the school holidays, thus occasioning grievous harm to the minors who may have been exposed to the offensive content,” the CA said.