Kenya has ruled out banning TikTok in Kenya after the social media giant applied stricter rules on its application

Speaking on Wednesday, Youth Affairs, Arts and Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba said this followed a meeting between TikTok and President William Ruto.

A petitioner who first demanded that TikTok be banned from the nation in August over objectionable content has since softened and is now requesting that the app be made more widely used under stringent guidelines.

Following requests from many stakeholders questioning the App's usage, Bob Ndolo, the Executive Director General of Bridge Consultancy, changed the petition to focus on regulation during his appearance before the National Assembly Public Petition.

Ezekiel Mutua, the chief executive officer of the Music and Copyright Society of Kenya, who had backed the petition, expressed outrage about the App's massively detrimental impacts on the general public due to its unlicensed content.

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Mutua implored MPs to take immediate action to safeguard Kenyans from the negative effects of the App which has exposed children to nudity and profanity.

“The social media sites that are unregulated are conduit for the destruction of our moral values. We have forgotten the software which is the moral fabric of our nation and where children are concerned,” he noted.