President Ruto Finally Responds After Calls To Ban TikTok in Kenya

President William Ruto has weighed in on the calls by a section of Kenyans to have the popular social media platform TikTok banned in Kenya. 

Speaking on Wednesday during the Kenya Music Festival Winners’ State Concern at State House Nakuru, Ruto said he will have a meeting with the global TikTok CEO to moderate content in the platform.

The Head of State also noted that he will discuss on monetizing content in the platform to help Kenyans earn an income through the application.

“Tomorrow morning I will be speaking to the global CEO of TikTok. I know we have had a conversation as a country around TikTok and some of the challenges that are in that space and like we have moderation capacities in YouTube and Twitter.

"Tomorrow morning we are having a conservation with the TikTok CEO so that we can agree on a mechanism to moderate content in their space so that we can reduce the content that is negative and leverage on the monetization that is benefiting a lot more people,” Ruto stated.

His statement comes after Bridget Connect Consultancy CEO, Bob Ndolo submitted a petition to the National Assembly seeking to have TikTok banned in the country.

Ndolo argued that the social platform promotes violence, sex, hate speech, and vulgarity.

He also claimed that TikTok poses a threat to mental health issues to the youth and a decline in academic performance.

President Ruto at the same time announced that the Permanent Presidential Music Commission (PPMC) will be changed to the Creative Commission of Kenya.

“We have made a policy decision as a government that we are going to change the Permanent Presidential Music Commission to the Creative Commission of Kenya. We are already working on a creative bill that is going to make sure that the Creative Commission will not only have professional studios in Nairobi but in every county in Kenya,” Ruto added.