Political aspirants must now possess licenses to play music in campaign rallies

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LEFT: President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto address at Karatina town in Nyeri county. RIGHT: Nasa presidential candidate Raila Odinga and his running mate Kalonzo Musyoka at Nakeel grounds in Rongai, Kajiado. PHOTOS | JOSEPH KANYI and DENNIS KAVISU

By SYLVANIA AMBANI

It is now mandatory for all political candidates to possess a license permitting them to play recording and audiovisual in their campaign rallies.

The Kenya Association of Music Producers (KAMP), and the Performers Rights Society of Kenya (PRISK), have issued a notice outlawing playing of recording and audiovisual campaign rallies without such licenses.

“We hereby give notice to all political aspirants that the unlicensed communication to the public of sound recordings and audiovisual works in political rallies and campaigns constitutes illegal exploitation of producers and performers works. All political aspirants should take a KAMP-PRISK license with immediate effect. Political aspirants not compliant by 16th June 2017 shall be subjected to enforcement in accordance with the law,” read the notice.

KAMP and PRISK have also issued tariffs that will be charged for respective licenses.

Presidential candidates will be charge a fee of Sh400,000 while gubernatorial candidates will be required to pay Sh150,000.

A charge of Sh100,000 is applicable to all Senatorial candidates, Woman Representative candidates will be charged Sh50,000 while Members of Parliament and Members of County Assembly will be charged Sh50,000 and Sh12,500 respectively.

The tarriffs charged will cover the whole 2017 campaign period.

Meanwhile, Nasa presidential candidate Raila Odinga is the first to publicly show proof of compliance to the new requirement.

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