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Feedback: Kenya's chief censor has claws out for gay pride

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15 November 2017

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Paul McDevitt

Gay pride

IN THE jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight. But who is he sleeping next to? That is the thought troubling Ezekiel Mutua, chief executive of the Kenya Film Classification Board, after the Nairobi News reported two maned lions in the Maasai Mara had been spotted in an intimate embrace, raising speculation that Kenya is host to a pair of gay lions.

Mutua – who has been campaigning against depictions of homosexuality since his appointment in 2015, wants action. Previous targets include children’s cartoons Adventure Time and Hey Arnold!, both of which were banned because of their…

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