Kenya bans tender gay film for being ‘demeaning to Christianity’ and ‘unsuitable for children’

Kenya has banned gay documentary I Am Samuel because the film is an “affront” to the country’s constitution.

The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) announced Thursday (23 September) that it banned a documentary titled I Am Samuel, which depicts a gay Kenyan’s struggle for acceptance and his relationship with another man.

According to the KFCB, the film was “unacceptable as well as demeaning to Christianity”, claiming the film contradicted Kenyan values and the country’s constitution.

Christopher Wambua, the board’s boss, said in a statement that the film is an “affront to article 45” of the constitution, which “recognises the family as the basic unit of society and defines marriage as between two persons of the opposite gender”.

“Moreover, our laws, culture as well as our society’s belief is in the sacrosanct institution of family,” Wambua said.

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