KFCB’s Ezekiel Mutua reacts to Kenyan who raised concern against Sauti Sol’s ‘Suzanna’ track

Kenya Film and Classification Board’s chairman, Ezekiel Mutua has responded to a concerned Kenya about the real meaning to Sauti Sol’s Suzanna track.

In a letter published on a local daily, a citizen spoke out against the viral song whose cultural meaning makes it inappropriate.

In Luhya, ‘Senje’ translates to the sister of your father, the individual explained.

Sauti Sol’s hit Suzanna alias Senje should be banned from the Kenya Film Classification Board. Senje is Luhya for aunt-the sister of your father.

So according to the individual, it did not make sense how a song that promotes ‘incest’ should be allowed to play in radio and TV airwaves yet it was immoral.

How then can it be that a nephew and his aunt have a relationship? To fall in love with your father’s sister is unheard of, incestuous, an abomination and illegal.

The anonymous source strongly condemned Sauti Sol for misleading the youth and corrupting their minds.

Sauti Sol have lost the way on this one and should be punished. The song will corrupt the youth and should already have been proscribed.

Kenyan boy band, Sauti Sol

Therefore, calling upon the acclaimed moral cop, Dr Ezekiel Mutua to intervene.

KFCB chairman Ezekiel Mutua should do the necessary.

Dr Ezekiel responds

The KFCB CEO indeed listened to the individual’s plea and on the 27th of April, submitted it to the Broadcast Monitoring team for analysis.

KFCB Boss, Dr Ezekiel Mutua

Fortunately or unfortunately, the song had been reviewed and given a clean bill of health, therefore authorizing its continued broadcasting.

‘Suzanna’ was rated GE (General Exhibition), recommending it for all family viewing.

Kenyan boy band, Sauti Sol got wind of the allegations and cheekily responded:

These streets ain’t safe no more????

Suzanna explained

After it’s release, Sauti Sol’s lead vocalist, Bien Aime Baraza explained that ‘Suzanna’ is about everything we use to conceal our real image.

From makeup, to alcohol, to the Gram, to the monikers…all that explains their new jam.

Sauti Sol

Adding that they picked on ‘Suzanna’ as the title and not ‘Senje’ because they felt the former would speak better especially to their global audience.

For the real meaning of Senje, Bien expressed:

Senje is an aunt but in this context, it´s the random aunt who everyone relates to including touts. E.g, when they tell you ´Aunty unashukia wapi?´

Have a good listen to the jam that premiered on 6th of February 2020.

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Suzanna Explained! Bien Aime spills it all

Sauti Sol´s vocalist, Bien Aime Baraza has revealed their latest hit ´Suzanna´ is about everything we use to conceal our real image.

From makeup, to alcohol, to the Gram, to the monikers…all that explains their new jam.

Suzanna is everything that you use to mask the real you. It can be makeup, alcohol or I have tried to be so many people before I settled on being Bien.

Sauti Sol perform ¨Suzanna¨ viral hit

In an exclusive interview with Mpasho, the soulful singer-songwriter revealed the song is actually an old ballad whose time had come.

I wrote the song two years ago and after I wrote it, I forgot about it. When we were doing the album, I decided to finish it and it sounded so great. Once I shared it on my Instagram, it went viral. On a different occasion, I was in a hotel in Nakuru and heard the video I had on social media, being played. It´s then that we decided to release the song.

After realizing it´s popularity, they dropped the jam and the rest…was history.

Sauti Sol perform ¨Suzanna¨ viral hit

But why opt for the title ´Suzanna´ and not ´Senje´?

We went with Suzanna because it´s a much more Global context. Senje is an aunt but in this context, it´s the random aunt who everyone relates to including touts. E.g, when they tell you ´Aunty unashukia wapi?´

Premiered just the 6th of February, the song has hit way over 2.6 Million views and still trending on You Tube, now at #4 position.

If you also can´t get enough of it, click the play button below.

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