The parliamentary public petitions committee is set to hear from Bob Ndolo on Tuesday September 26 on his petition seeking to ban tiktok in the country.

Ndolo who is an executive Director at Bridge Connect Consultancy , will submit his presentation that seeks to show why the petition should be taken in for consideration.

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National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula in August received the petition.

Wetangula said that the Ndolo cited lack of privacy and Sexual content among others in his petition.

 “The petitioner has decried that the content that is being shared on the social media platform is inappropriate and is promoting violence, vulgar language, explicit sexual content, hate speech which is a serious threat to the cultural and religious values in Kenya,” the petition read.

President William Ruto met with the Chinese app CEO  Shou Zi Chew to find ways of moderating the usage of the application which has gained popularity in country especially among the Gen Z generation.

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Ndolo also indicated that tiktok is not regulated by the Communication Authority of Kenya alleging that TikTok has collected data of its users.

This includes information about the device being used to access the platform, and the location of its users, including browsing history. 

Despite Ndolo’s cries to have the application prohibited from operating in the country many including some parliamentarians are not in support.

Mumias East MP Peter Salasya, who is active on the app, opposed the petition saying it has provided a source of income for the unemployed youth.

“I have thousands of followers on TikTok and I also get some money from it.

My fellow MPs achaneni na hii mambo ya TikTok,” he said.

TikTok CEO Chew pledged to hire more Kenyans to work for the platform, which is a step in the right direction to address the high rate of unemployment in the country.

Somalia became the recent country to ban the app over the spread of ‘indecent/adult’ content.

The petitioner Bob Ndolo will face the committee in a boardroom in Parliament buildings on Tuesday 26 September at 11 am.