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Design by Alex email: lensdesign07@gmail.com For latest news and happening in our Communities www.misterseed.com WHO WE ARE The biggest community website outside Kenya Over 5,000 people have bought properties through the website Peter Karanja well known as Mr. Seed of www.misterseed.com is the first Kenyan to create a community website since 1999. Over 40 couples have met and married through the website Hundreds of lost friends have met and reunited through this great website Hundreds of emotional and life changing stories through these one stop shop Hundreds of orphans and poor children have greatly benefited from www.misterseed.com “It is the most talked website in the Diaspora” GET INFORMATION ABOUT WHATS HAPPENING IN YOUR COMMUNITY www.misterseed.com 24 3RD EDITION | JULY 2017
FROM A GRASS- THATCHED MUDHOUSE TO CEO Ezekiel Mutua As the head of the State’s content regulating corporation and a parent, how do you ensure your children’s use of the internet does not corrupt their safety? It’s a very difficult aspect of parenting. I always pray for them and advise them. In respect to social media, I know that you can’t win the war by denying them this access. It only spikes their curiosity. We have conversations about the good and the bad. Internet is powerful, good for information and education, which definitely opens their world view. I’ve given them access to all the technology kids can have at their age, legally, and with guidance and proper surveillance to ensure it is not harmful. My wife is a career educationist who’s very good at detecting things and having these conversations. We do it as a team. I want them to have the best and interact with technology but also understand that it’s a double edged sword. We teach them to avoid harmful content such as detecting bullies and saying no to online harassment, of not only them but other people too. My youngest son has a phone but he knows when to deliver it to our bedroom. He only gets it over the weekend. Even then he has to balance its use. There is a time to play outside with other kids and time for family games. What other rules do you have in place? Right now we’ve put a caveat that there are no sleep overs and not because I don’t trust their friends’ parents. They will grow up, leave home and sleep wherever they want to, but for now, I just want to spend as much time as I can with my kids knowing that they are safe under our wing. Of course they protested but they understand that you don’t always get what you want in life. That brings us to discipline which some people often confuse with punishment. How do you go about it? I don’t believe in crude methods such as physical or emotional abuse as forms of discipline. The idea of discipline is to restore not to destroy. Punishing is not the way to go. We always talk about things. Life is about rules and regulations and there are consequences when they are broken. Children need to be taught that we are all accountable for our deeds. There are rules at home and they have to be followed as long as they are under my roof. I make sure I’m present in their life in order to guide them. Because of the nature of my job and my wife’s, we may occasionally spend long hours at the office or even travel but always ensure we spend quality time together. Do you ever worry that they may get a wrong image of you from what they see on TV or social media? No, I don’t because my family knows me. Sometimes I end up in the media where people may be bashing me and my younger son will come to me and reassure me that it’s going to be okay. And in that moment, those words are so powerful and mean the world to me. There has been a public outcry that you stifle local content but allow foreign material to air even when they bear the very nature that you censor the former for. Is it true that the yardstick is unequal? We fairly analyse all content. We block a lot of foreign content if it doesn’t abide by the rules, which are universal. We are not against the local creatives. People want to create content that is against the dominant values of our people and that is not acceptable. Our decisions are informed by law, rationality and fairness. Sometimes we make mistakes and it’s normal but we try to minimize such issues. We are only encouraging a space where art and film speak to the dominant values of the Kenyan people. Film and media set the agenda. The fact that we are against homosexual content doesn’t mean we have a personal vendetta against the LGBTQ community. We don’t hate them. We are going into a direction where we are amending some rules so that our work becomes advisory and inclusive but still protect children from mature content. Lastly, do you feel like your work as KFCB chief is unappreciated by the people you serve? Our role as regulator of film and broadcast content is very important. As the CEO and accounting officer, I take the blame if anything goes wrong. Regulation is about dos and don’ts and that is not an easy job. I’m aware of my mandate and you can’t be a regulator if you want to be liked. Most of the time, regulation is not popular because you are denying people something and especially in an industry that is on a free-fall like media. I’m here trying to promote our culture, national aspirations and morality, in a world bombarded with foreign content, negative ideologies and mediocre sensationalism. I’m not looking for approval from people, but I appreciate that there are people who see what I do. People who matter to me, my wife and sons appreciate the work I do. I want to make a difference by balancing between regulation and freedom of expression. Sometimes we have to make hard decisions and that naturally 3RD EDITION | JULY 2018 25
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