Kenya Police Force arrested comedian Eric Omondi and released him later that day over allegedly “creating a disturbance” during a protest demanding more airtime and equal pay and opportunities for Kenyan artists.

The Kenya Film Classification Board withdrew financial support to Bahati following the release of a video where the artist is smoking a cigar.

Musician Otieno Aloka was sentenced to six months in prison or a fine of Ksh120,000 (around 936 euros) because of a music video streamed on Facebook.

The Kenya High Court ruled that that the legislative measures used to censor the film "Rafiki" do not breach Article 33 of the Constitution of Kenya.

Lamu Cultural Festival organisers stopped the performance of Tanzanian music group Offside Trick for allegedly indecent and obscene dances.

Musician Tom Mboya Ang’ang’a (Atomy Sifa) was forced to leave Kenya for Tanzania after he claimed to receive death threats from unknown people over a song.

The Kenya Film Certification Board banned 6 US-produced cartoons after they described them as “normalising" and "glorifying homosexual behaviour”.

Kenya’s Film Classification Board (KFCB) and its head, Ezekiel Mutua, announced on 19 November 2016 that they have issued a ban on local musicians using stage names they consider to be “offensive”, as well as the sale of music that contains “obscene” lyrics or glorifies drug abuse and violence. Mutua …

Ezekiel Mutua, Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) CEO, has come under fire ever since he unveiled a draft Films, Stage Plays and Publications Act in September 2016 intended to replace the outdated 1963 Films and Stage Plays Act, due to it extending the board’s responsibilities to regulating all parts of …

The Kenyan Film and Classification Board banned Art Attack’s video for its remix of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ gay rights song ‘Same Love’ on the grounds that “it does not adhere to the morals of the country”, Kenyan newspaper The Star reported on 23 February 2016. Board chairman Ezekiel Mutua …