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  • Setback As Bahati Loses Lucrative Deal With Government Over Dirty Content

    Setback As Bahati Loses Lucrative Deal With Government Over Dirty Content

    The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has taken step to end their deal with Kenyan gospel singer Kevin Bahati. According to the communication by the KFCB boss Ezekiel Mutua, the Board cancelled a deal worth over KSh 200,000 they had signed with the singer over dirty content.

    The KFCB CEO Ezekiel Mutua made the announcement on Saturday, June 12, via a long post shared on his social media pages, citing that the decision was reached after the singer posted videos that violated clean content and partnership policy.

    Mr Mutua went ahead to claim that the decision was a painful one, since it was Bahati who had approached the board for financial support. Part of the agreement indicated that the singer was to be an ambassador of clean content.

    His statement read,

    “However, with the videos doing rounds on social media, our team unanimously took the decision to cancel the support and disassociate completely with the planned event.”

    Mr Ezekiel reported that it pains him to see Kenyan artists resorting to produce and promote explicit content without minding their brands and even their careers. Mutual appealed to artists to always prioritize producing clean contents, citing that clean contents are always suitable for the families and are very easy to market.

    He also dismissed the opinion that content must just be dirty or sexual to sell. He clarified further that his main aim is not to lock artists to produce only gospel, but his concern is the content of their work.

    This comes at a time when Bahati is being attacked by both celebrities and his fans as well for recording himself smoking cigarette then sharing the video in his different social media platforms. Kenyan rapper, Khaligraph Jones connected everything Bahati has been doing lately with use of bhang