• Kenya will work with the short-form video hosting service TikTok in reviewing and monitoring its content to ensure that it adheres to the agreed community guidelines and standards. It is our commitment that we bring up our children in the right environment - President Ruto.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has agreed to set up an office in Kenya to coordinate its operations amid claims of ban of TikTok across East Africa following the ban in Somalia earlier this week.

This comes after a Zoom meeting on August 24, 2023 with President William Ruto accompanied by the Trade and Investments CS Hon Moses Kuria.

This was evident with a post by the  CS claiming he is in a meeting to help solve the controversies surrounding the TikTok Ban in Kenya.

The meeting follows a recent petition that is still in Parliament seeking to push for the ban of TikTok claiming it is leading to erosion of morals and exposition of explicit content that get exposed to children.

The issue of the TikTok ban aroused criticisms on the internet and even by the Parliamentary Committee which prompted the President to act fast to ensure the issue is sorted and the youths are able to continue with content creation without interference but just a few regulations here and there.

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In a post on his official X App account, the President confirmed his meeting with the TikTok CEO.

“Kenya will work with the short-form video hosting service TikTok in reviewing and monitoring its content to ensure that it adheres to the agreed community guidelines and standards. It is our commitment that we bring up our children in the right environment,” he posted.

He further stated that during the virtual meeting with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, the CEO also agreed to set up an office in Kenya to coordinate its operations in the region.

This comes as a relief to the Kenyan content creators who use the platform majorly for commercial purposes since their source of income has now been sorted which earlier was being threatened and at the verge of being lost.