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My film my choice judge declares, suspends ban on lesbian themed movie

Wanuri Kahiu Rafiki. [Photo: Standard]

The High Court yesterday dealt the Kenya Film and Classification Board (KFCB) a major blow by lifting the ban of a lesbian themed movie Rafiki.

Justice Wilfrida Okwany, in a decision that speaks to the freedom of the media and right to artistic expressions, found that moral police led by KFCB's Ezekiel Mutua has no authority to keep Kenyans in the dark on what is already happening.

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