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.
Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) center in Nairobi. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU
The Communication Authority of Kenya (CAK) Wednesday suspended Mt Kenya TV’s operations for a month for violating programming standards.
The Authority took this decision after it received complaints against the vernacular channel over the airing of inappropriate content last week.
Authority acting director-general Mercy Wanjau said the TV channel which is owned by Slopes Media House Ltd, had aired inappropriate content during the watershed period.
‘On April 19, 2021, at 2pm, during the ‘Mucii wa Ciina’ programme that featured an animated movie, the station aired sexually explicit content, drug abuse, robbery, and violence,” she said.