KFCB Steps Up Consumer Protection Drive to Keep Children Safe During Long School Holidays

The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has intensified consumer awareness campaigns targeting parents, guardians, caregivers and minors during the ongoing long school holidays, with a focus on promoting child online and offline safety.

The campaigns seek to equip parents and caregivers with the knowledge and skills to guide and protect children from exposure to harmful and age-inappropriate content, while empowering minors to make informed and responsible choices when accessing and consuming audiovisual content.

As part of these efforts, KFCB recently engaged and sensitised caregivers at SOS Children’s Villages Kenya (Mombasa) on digital parenting and child online safety.

The session, conducted under the Board’s Consumer Advisory function through the Parents Digital Literacy (PaDiL) Programme, equipped participants with practical skills to enforce parental controls, manage screen time and apply safeguards to protect children from harmful audiovisual content and other media-related risks.

With learners spending more time at home during the holidays, KFCB reiterates that safeguarding children from harmful content, both online and offline, is a shared responsibility.

The Board urges parents and caregivers to actively monitor the audiovisual content children access and consume, guide their online interactions and take an interest in their offline activities to minimise exposure to harmful influences and practices.

Through the PaDiL Programme, KFCB continues to advance digital parenting by working with other Government agencies and partners to equip parents, guardians and caregivers with the knowledge and skills to guide children’s media consumption, promote responsible use of digital platforms and safeguard children from harmful content and online risks.