The Kenya Film Classification Board has banned a local film titled ‘Rafiki’ whose theme is homosexuality days after President Uhuru Kenyatta said that gay rights are of less importance to Kenyans. Read: Gay rights is non-issue in Kenya, Uhuru says during CNN interviewRafiki suffered a major blow as it marks the first Kenyan feature film be in this year's Cannes International Film Festival next month. "I am incredibly sorry to announce that our film RAFIKI has been banned in Kenya. We believe adult Kenyans are mature and discerning enough to watch local content but their right has been denied," Film director Wanuri Kahiu posted on Twitter. "So to then just ban a Kenyan film because it deals with something already happening in society just seems like a contradiction," she told Reuters.

Source: The Star April 27, 2018 10:07 UTC