Outrage after KFCB announcement that you will need a permit before posting videos on social media
You might be need to pay at least Ksh 5,000 before you post a video online after Kenya Film Classification Board latest announcement.
The board’s CEO, Ezekiel Mutua, who has quickly gone to a villain from a hero after the new announcement, insists that the laws will been put in place to control online chaos that has been affecting the world in general.
Get a licenses first
Filmmakers will now pay KSH 12,000 for registration and licenses, KSH 5000 for weekly upload, KSH 1000 for the days you film. A fine of 100,000 will be imposed if found Vlogging with a license.
Mutua has however denied that their will be a fine for vloggers.
“Where are people getting the information about Vloggers being licensed? We ran an advert and quoted the relevant sections of the law. Where in this ad does it mention that? KFCB is not charging anyone for You Tube uploads or Social media use. Absolutely not. Our interest is to bring sanity to the film industry by upholding the law as cited hereunder. You can not tell criminals from genuine film makers unless by ensuring that the genuine ones are licensed,” he said.
The announcement has led to a public outcry as creatives have come out to shun the government for killing talent.
So tunalipishwa kushoot video and uploading yet me kuafford hiyo data ni hustle. Somebody stop kenya at the next stop I alight please. #KFCB kindly explain how this will empower the youth again?
— T~ (@Tintseh_) May 22, 2018
#KFCB What if all Kenyans post videos at the same time, will we all go to jail??? You have started a revolution that you can't stop.
— Brian Aseli (@brian_aseli) May 22, 2018
So will posting a music video also require me to get a KFCB license?
This is going to cripple the already not so lucrative creative industry @InfoKfcb @EzekielMutua— WANGECHI (@wangechikenya) May 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/kaykanyi/status/998739644291272704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kenyanvibe.com%2Fkfcb-crippling-the-creative-industry-a-day-at-a-time%2F&tfw_creator=mxradio99
Kenya doesn't care about its young people. From policies and laws making it difficult to make a living to looting in government denying us the future we deserve.
But we're to be "patriotic". Respect our thieving leaders. And grateful. And accept we don't succeed coz we're lazy. K— Mwende Ngao (@mwendesusu) May 22, 2018
