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Mutua in trouble with filmmakers over new law

Ezakiel Mutua chief executive Kenya Film Classification Board

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenyan filmmakers have urged authorities to revamp a 1960s law that threatens them with jail if they do not pay for a license and imposes other restrictions they say are stifling their resurgent industry.

Directors and producers poured onto social media this week to protest after the regulator printed adverts in newspapers reminding them of the terms of the legislation, which dates back to British colonial rule.

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