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Google Kenya has said it would not [removal / remove] a music video from its YouTube site. The Kenyan government asked Google to take the video [offline / online] because it showed gay [couple / couples] , gay pride marchers, and images of [openly / open] gay Kenyan public figures. The video also shows [different / difference] scenes of what it is [like / likely] to be gay in Kenya. It was made by a band called Art Attack. It is a remake of the song 'Same Love' by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Kenya's government said the video was [badly / bad] for society. It said it would punish anyone it [catch / caught] who distributed the video. Kenya's government says homosexuality is an "unnatural offence". Kenyan homosexuals can be [put / take] in prison for [up / high] to 14 years.

Kenya's attempts at [trying / trial] to ban the video have made it very [popularity / popular] around the world. It has now been [viewed / views] over 140,000 times. The video shows [images / imagines] of anti-gay protests in Nairobi last year, and two young women kissing on a bench [on / in] a forest. Kenyan regulators first tried to ban the video in [lately / late] February. A government spokesman said: "We have written to Google to remove the video from their [stages / platforms] . We expect they will do it [within / wither] one week from now." Google replied: "We review government removal requests when [notify / notified] through the correct legal processes and in keeping with our company philosophy [on / in] transparency and freedom of expression."

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