Nairobi, 20 August, 2019 / 12:37 am (ACI Africa).
An official at the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB), a government agency mandated to regulate and classify content on television, radio and online, has recognized the positive role that the Catholic-owned media plays.
Speaking during the official launch of the Association for Catholic Information in Africa (ACI Africa) in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi last Saturday, KFCB’s Cooperate Communications Manager, Nelly Muluka, described Catholic journalism as an alternative for African untold stories by other mainstream media.
"We are very happy to have an alternative voice which will help us in telling a content that goes with values, the predominant values of our people, about hard work, perseverance, commitment and development," Ms. Muluka said.
In her experience, she shared, Catholic media’s approach to storytelling in Africa can contribute in opening a national conversation about moral values and values of efficacy.
“We will have a national conversation about moral values,” Ms. Muluka said in relation to the role of Catholic media in Africa in shaping moral values and explained, “We believe in that we can have national development because no matter how well we develop roads, we have the SGR, as long as our moral fabric is broken, as long as our children are not inculcated with values, then we will just still be failing.”
