This archive report was first published on 14 August 2019.
MCSK Defends Royalties Payment to Musicians ¶
On August 14, 2019, the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) defended its decision to pay musicians peanuts in royalties, citing the low airplay of Kenyan music as the reason.
According to MCSK, broadcasters rarely pay for the music they play on their TV and Radio stations, resulting in small royalties for the artists.
King Kaka, a prominent Kenyan musician, expressed his disappointment with MCSK's decision, stating that the organization should have distributed the royalties fairly among its members.
Other musicians, including Khaligraph Jones, Timmy Tdat, and Suzanna Owiyo, also took to social media to express their outrage over the situation.
Timmy Tdat called out MCSK for its handling of royalties, saying that the organization should have been the best copyright society of the decade.
Meanwhile, Suzanna Owiyo accused MCSK of denying artists their rightful pays and killing the music industry.
As the public outcry continues, MCSK remains firm in its stance, stating that it has distributed royalties to all its members through a general distribution method.
