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  • KFCB CEO Ezekiel Mutua Fired Over Links To Corruption

    KFCB CEO Ezekiel Mutua Fired Over Links To Corruption

    Kenya Film Classification Board boss Ezekiel Mutua has been left with an egg on the face just hours after insisting he was still in charge at KFCB.

    Mutua even went ahead to preside over an official function Friday morning in Kiambu county, only to be sent on compulsory terminal leave awaiting the expiry of his contract in October.

    Mutua commonly referred to as the moral cop for censoring films and songs with obscene content has been replaced by Christopher Wambua, Director of Public Communication CAK in an acting capacity for two months.

    According to a memo from KFCB  acting Chief Manager, Corporate Services Mr Paskal Opiyo, Wambua’s appointment takes effect immediately.

    Earlier, Mutua refuted claims that he had been fired over alleged abuse of office and urged Kenyans to ignore what he dismissed as malicious rumours.

    “My attention has been drawn to reports on social media to the effect that I have been fired as CEO of KFCB. PLEASE IGNORE such malicious rumours. I am not aware of such developments and there can be no grain of truth in them as there’s no vacancy in the office of the CEO KFCB” he said.

    His response had been prompted by a tweet from Senator Mutula Kilonzo Junior who accused ICT CS Joe Mucheru of unlawfully sacking the KFCB boss.

    “Ezekiel Mutua unlawfully removed by CS Mucheru as CEO after being lawfully appointed by the board. Laws are mere suggestions for this administration,” Kilonzo Jnr tweeted.

    There have been accusations that the KFCB boss is planning to extend his term in office without falling due process.

    The unconfirmed reports further indicated that the State Corporations Advisory Committee (SCAC) had waded into the matter when it got wind of the scheme to renew his contract for a third term hence, asked the CS to take disciplinary action against the KFCB Board.

    Mutua who has served at the helm of the Kenya Films Classification Board for six years has always been at the centre of controversy over his strict directives.

    It emerges that Mutua who’s been baptized deputy Jesus’ given his delusional moral standards that often put him in the wrong with Kenyan artists most of whom he frustrated with his position to stall creativity,had schemed to extend his term in office and beside, is also now under corruption investigations.

    According to document seen before Kenya Insights, EACC has launched probe into Ezekiel Mutua and a Board Member Ms Gathoni Kungu over alleged Irregular payments of Salaries and Allowance.

    The anti-graft commission has asked the film board to facilitate them with relevant documents to conduct the investigations in which the CEO is alleged to have paid himself millions outside the set salary and allowances pointing out to a massive corruption.

    Mutua, is not new to accusationsaccusations of theft, the once the secretary general of Kenya Union of Journalists and journalists are not best friends and their reasons are many. Chief among them is KUJ Awards fiasco of 2006, where prize money and television sets, meant for winners, did a disappearing act.

    While journalists talk about the incident, Mutua — who is perched on KFCB’s plush 15th floor office at Uchumi House — wants to forget it. Completely. He does not even want to talk about it.

    Mutua has been in the news more times than a news ticker for his new role as a moral police who is on a banning spree. Mutua’s juggernaut has left multiple victims in its wake. Ask beer giants, East African Breweries; or the manufacturer of condom brand, Durex. Or, for that matter, ask Coca Cola, whose soft drink advert was deemed to have crossed his regulatory red line.

  • Joe Mucheru, Jubilee’s ICT CS Reappoints A Dead Man

    Joe Mucheru, Jubilee’s ICT CS Reappoints A Dead Man

    Jubilee is indeed committed to not only break apart this country with foreign public debts but also making sure the youths never gets a chance to get employment leave alone leading.

    From appointing old, inexperienced and uneducated folks to heads parastatals to now appointing old men who, like in this case, died more than a year ago. Ghost administration appointing its spirit to say the least.

    Yesterday, Cabinet Secretary for ICT reappointed The late Robert Kochale to KFCB. According to records, the late Kochale died on 29th May 2018 while undergoing treatment at the Aga Khan University Hospital.

    What comes as a surprise, the death of the former KFCB board member was publicly announced and even his burial ceremony attended by senior government officials including those from the ICT ministry. His demise was also gazetted by KFCB.

    The Late KFCB member death announcement on KFCB site.

    CS Joe Mucheru has not responded to this but KFCB boss Ezekiel Mutua came to his defence and said it’s not the mistake of the ICT CS solely but a ‘small mistake’ from the appointment board. Here is what Dr. Mutua tweeted as a response to a tweet that a social media user, Dikembe Disembe had posted.

    Here is the proof confirmation of the reappointment of the late Robert Kochella.

    Yesterday, Kenya Insights published that Jubilee civil service workforce has on 17 per cent youths, and this reappointment of not only the late folk but also the aged has since attracted mixed reactions from Kenyans on Twitter.

    Here are sampled tweet reactions from Kenyans concerning the “small issue” so they say.

     

     

  • Ezekiel Mutua Bans Public Playing Of Tetema And Wamlambez Terming Them Pure Pornography

    Ezekiel Mutua Bans Public Playing Of Tetema And Wamlambez Terming Them Pure Pornography

    CEO Of Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) Dr. Ezekiel Mutua has banned playing Kenya’s favorite Gengetone Wamlambez and Diamond feature with Rayvanny Tetema outside clubs.

    According to Mutua, KFCB has banned the songs because “The lyrics are dirty and not suitable for public consumption, especially children.”

    He, however, has admitted that the songs are already coded in the listener’s heads making it totally difficult to permanently ban them from existence so is their circulation.

    Here’s what Dr. Mutua posted on his verified Twitter account.

    In April this year, Mutua also banned ‘Takataka’ a song by Alvin aka Alvindo.

    The KFCB CEO described the song as obscene with degrading lyrics that advocate for violence against women by equating them to trash.

    “Moving forward, the song should not be performed live or broadcast anywhere within the Republic of Kenya. No DJ should play the song either on a broadcast station or in entertainment joints,” read the statement in part,” said Mutua. 

  • Wanuri: Rafiki Was Successful Because Of Kenyans

    Wanuri: Rafiki Was Successful Because Of Kenyans

    Kenyan Filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu  blasts the Start news paper over a fake article against her film ‘Rafiki’.

    Rafiki is a love story of two teenage girls who develop a romance that’s opposed by their families and community.

    Wanuri, has expressed her disgrace through her twitter account calling out the Star Newspaper site.

    Wanuri Kahiu tweets against The Stars fake news

    Rafiki, was banned in Kenya by government watchdog KFCB. The film classification board had alleged that the movie’s depiction of homosexuality runs contrary to the laws and the culture of Kenya.

    Wanuri has said that Kenyans showed her love and watched her movie despite the ban.

    Wanuri’s Response about the fake article

    Wanuri says during the seven days the film was screened in Kenya, some people opened up to her.

    “Many people came to me and told me they saw themselves in the movie because they had lived in denial for so long,” she said while on a TV interview.

    Wanuri has thanked Kenyan viewers and subscribers who believe in her fights to express what affects the audience without following regulations from the authorities.

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    The director and Rafiki film creator also called off the Star for creating fake quotes of her from unknown interviews. She said she won’t accept any interviews with the Star newspaper after faking her up and tagging her on unverified quotes.

    While Rafiki remains banned,  Wanuri Kahiu says the movie is still getting abundant views and love from the local audience.