Authorities in Kenya have defended the new broadcast regulations, saying they were not meant to limit freedom of expression.
The new regulations which were announced earlier today place strict limits on sexual content and ban preachers from soliciting money on air.
"We are going to be monitoring content, we won't be asking them to show us their programmes before airing but we will monitor them," Christopher Wambua of Kenya's Communications Authority said.
He added that the country has seen a proliferation of obscene content being aired by TV and radio stations.
On the banning of clerics from using mainstream media to raise money, Mr Wambua said they realised that consumers are being taken advantage of and that they have to take action.
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