Muthoni Drummer Queen goes ballistic on Ezekiel Mutua
Muthoni Drummer Queen picked a fight with moral police Ezekiel Mutua following recent moved by Kenya Film and Classification Board (KFCB) to ban films and censor the creative industry.
Drummer Queen held a talk with industry stakeholders on Saturday the 26th of May at Ukweli Café to discuss KFCB’s mandate.
“This is not the time to hide behind your apathy talking about ‘its Kenya’ ‘nothing changes’ ‘Ezekiel is a government guy with top level support so we can’t win.’ STOP THAT NONSENSE! That lazy defeatist attitude must go! This battle is for the ones who are doing it for real. Those whose livelihood comes from their creativity. It is not just film that is under siege, it’s all our creative outputs,” Muthoni tweeted.
Controversial cap 222
The rapper argues that Film and stage plays law – Cap 222 has not been updated over years. She claims that cap 222 is what Ezekiel Mutua exploits to crush the industry whenever he feels.
Follow Muthoni’s arguments in the tweets below:
What is the heart of the matter? The challenge is the actual law the Film and stage plays act enacted in 62 and brought into effect in 63. The SPIRIT of the law is designed to suppress the use of creativity to criticize government. You must start here. That’s why it was designed
— #MuthoniDrummerQueen (@muthoniDQ) May 26, 2018
Now. This cap 222 is what Ezekiel uses to crush our industry. If you listen to him he always says he works within the law. But here is the news, this LAW is outdated and out of tune with the constitution and way overdue for update, and more importantly total repeal! Here is why
— #MuthoniDrummerQueen (@muthoniDQ) May 26, 2018
