Meria
Elder Lister
Edward Sigei, Executive Director, Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) The Kenya Copyright Board (Kecobo) board has deregistered three Collective Management Organisations…
The Kenya Copyright Board (Kecobo) board has deregistered three Collective Management Organisations (CMOs), Kenya Association of Music Producers (KAMP), Performers Rights Society of Kenya (PRISK), and the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) for failure to meet its licensing conditions.
The announcement made in the local dailies is the end result of an audit carried out in 2020 that revealed massive irregularities and mismanagement of funds in the three CMOs.
The audit by KECOBO found that senior managers had embezzled funds from the organisations.
“The Chairman noted that the preliminary findings of the Forensic Audit raised the following notable issues amongst them: diversion of royalties; Poor Corporate Governance and separation of roles…”, the press statement released by KECOBO said in part.
In the deregistration, the copyright body accuses the three CMOs of not ‘meeting the conditions set out by the KECOBO Board of Directors’.
The forensic audit which was conducted by a Ronalds LLP was challenged by one Mr Francis Nzioki Kavuu, but the court threw out his case and gave KECOBO a go-ahead.
Over the years, artists and perfomers have been vocal about the measly royalties check they received from especially MCSK.
The Kenya Copyright Board (Kecobo) board has deregistered three Collective Management Organisations (CMOs), Kenya Association of Music Producers (KAMP), Performers Rights Society of Kenya (PRISK), and the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) for failure to meet its licensing conditions.
The announcement made in the local dailies is the end result of an audit carried out in 2020 that revealed massive irregularities and mismanagement of funds in the three CMOs.
The audit by KECOBO found that senior managers had embezzled funds from the organisations.
“The Chairman noted that the preliminary findings of the Forensic Audit raised the following notable issues amongst them: diversion of royalties; Poor Corporate Governance and separation of roles…”, the press statement released by KECOBO said in part.
In the deregistration, the copyright body accuses the three CMOs of not ‘meeting the conditions set out by the KECOBO Board of Directors’.
The forensic audit which was conducted by a Ronalds LLP was challenged by one Mr Francis Nzioki Kavuu, but the court threw out his case and gave KECOBO a go-ahead.
Over the years, artists and perfomers have been vocal about the measly royalties check they received from especially MCSK.
