EZEKIEL MUTUA TO LEARN MBOGI GENJE LINGO!

Kenya Film and Classification Board (KFCB) CEO DR Ezekiel Mutua has congratulated all the winners of the just concluded Kisima Film and Music Awards which went down on Sunday 13 at the Sarit Centre characterized by the usual razzmatazz in showbiz.

The organizers of this edition embraced a pan African outlook adding film categories to their repertoire. New entrants Mbogi Genje shocked many when they beat Sauti Sol in the best group category. The masters of sheng’ were probably still in primary school the last time Kisima was held!

While congratulating them, Dr Mutua took to twitter in jest and promised to learn sheng’ “While I support the public’s right to choose and vote, it was my understanding that by sponsoring this Awards, KFCB’s clean content mandate would be upheld.” Dr Mutua added that he has nothing personal against the new school rap group but is against people sanitizing vulgarity.

He however later clarified that he has no war with any artiste but only wants to see clean content for the sake of the future generation. “The false narrative that content has to be dirty to sell must be debunked through initiatives like @kisimamusicfilm that recognise clean music and film. #KFCBatKisimaAwards2020.”

‘’We stand on the pedestal of promoting clean content, and we shall remain focused, morality cannot be traded as art, we have been consistent with our moral message for three years now and intend to recruit even more ambassadors next year.” he added.

Zamaradi Media’s Dream Child Film scooped the clean content award in tandem with efforts to promote child friendly content and to encourage compliance with content regulations and procedures including adherence to film licensing and classification guidelines. The clean content award winner received a Sh1 million award from KFCB.

Dream Child was nominated in five categories including Best feature film, Best lead actor, Best supporting actor and Best supporting actress.

The awards were also attended by Devolution CS, Eugene Wamalwa and former Nairobi Town clerk Philip Kisia.