{"id":132588,"date":"2020-04-30T16:11:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T13:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=132588"},"modified":"2020-04-30T16:55:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T13:55:41","slug":"high-court-upholds-ban-on-rafiki-film-in-a-move-termed-draconian-to-the-freedom-of-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/high-court-upholds-ban-on-rafiki-film-in-a-move-termed-draconian-to-the-freedom-of-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"High Court upholds ban on &#8216;Rafiki&#8217; film in a move termed &#8216;draconian&#8217; to the freedom of expression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Ezekiel Mutua breathed a sigh of relief after ban on the screening of acclaimed &#8216;Rafiki&#8217; film was upheld by the High court of Kenya on the 29th of April.<\/p>\n<p>Since its release &#8216;Rafiki&#8217; which promotes and advocates for gay rights, was considered unethical for the Kenyan audience by leaders as well as citizens.<\/p>\n<p>This saw it warrant legal measures with KFCB boss, Dr Ezekiel at the forefront to ensure its ban from airing on our local broadcasting stations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_132606\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132606\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/thumb_jkrcpa8m8utgtkt5ae30a71e7d81.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-132606\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/thumb_jkrcpa8m8utgtkt5ae30a71e7d81-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/thumb_jkrcpa8m8utgtkt5ae30a71e7d81-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/thumb_jkrcpa8m8utgtkt5ae30a71e7d81.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-132606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">KFCB CEO, Dr Ezekiel Mutua<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Seems his prayers have been answered.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing an article by the Star newspaper that headlines &#8220;Court upholds &#8216;Rafiki&#8217; ban, says it protects morality&#8221; Dr Mutua hailed the move.<\/p>\n<p>Quoting High Court Judge J.A. Makau, the moral cop tweeted:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;Freedom of expression is not absolute but subject to limitations under Article 24, and the discretion of the Kenya Film Classification Board to restrict <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rafikimovie\" data-focusable=\"true\">@rafikimovie <\/a><\/span>is constitutional, &#8221; Hon. Justice J.A. Makau. <span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InfoKfcb\" data-focusable=\"true\">@InfoKfcb <\/a><\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheStarKenya\" data-focusable=\"true\">@TheStarKenya <\/a><\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RafikiMovieJudgement?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\">#RafikiMovieJudgement<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.21.37.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-132589 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.21.37-236x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.21.37-236x300.png 236w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.21.37.png 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Standing his ground, the board chairman articulated:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">You want to do gay films? Go to countries that have legalized the practice. Gay films are not a human rights issue. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Further condemning the film for introducing a practice in the country that Kenyan space actually despises.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">It&#8217;s an attempt to normalize a practice the larger Kenyan society abhors. This we shall resist with the full force of the law! <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rafikimoviejudgement?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\">#rafikimoviejudgement<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.51.24.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-132604 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.51.24-300x229.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"442\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Background<\/h2>\n<p>&#8216;Rafiki&#8217; is a same-love romance themed film starring actresses Samantha Mugatsia and Sheila Munyiva.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_132603\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132603\" style=\"width: 674px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/4UtzoMDU.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-132603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/4UtzoMDU-300x125.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"674\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/4UtzoMDU-300x125.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/4UtzoMDU.jpeg 679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-132603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rafiki film<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Directed by Wanuri Kahiu, the film talks of a gorgeous romance between two teenage girls falling in love in Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Rafiki&#8217; is a major success outside of Kenya, being the first Kenyan movie to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in France.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_132607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132607\" style=\"width: 673px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/IMG-20180510-WA0028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-132607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/IMG-20180510-WA0028-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"673\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/IMG-20180510-WA0028-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/IMG-20180510-WA0028-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-132607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banned Kenyan film &#8216;Rafiki&#8217; makes history in Cannes Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is an 83-minute film incorporating English, Swahili and Sheng tongues.<\/p>\n<h2>Reactions<\/h2>\n<p>Check out varied reactions from Kenyans below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.32.09.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-132593 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.32.09-295x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.32.09-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.32.09.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.31.48.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-132594 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.31.48-295x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.31.48-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.31.48.png 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.31.37.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-132595 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.31.37-300x158.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.31.37-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.31.37.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.31.04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-132597 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.31.04-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.31.04-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.31.04-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.30.16.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-132598 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.30.16-300x261.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.30.16-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.30.16.png 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.34.49.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-132601 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.34.49-295x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.34.49-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.34.49.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.35.14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-132602 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.35.14-295x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.35.14-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.35.14.png 596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.51.11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-132605 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.51.11-300x253.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.51.11-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/04\/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-15.51.11.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ban uphold has been considered a major blow to freedom of expression and love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Ezekiel Mutua breathed a sigh of relief after ban on the screening of acclaimed &#8216;Rafiki&#8217; film was upheld by the High court of Kenya on the 29th of April. 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