{"id":12988,"date":"2024-02-12T10:22:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T10:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=12988"},"modified":"2024-02-12T11:00:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T11:00:26","slug":"2-cs-clash-publicly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=12988","title":{"rendered":"2 Cs Clash Publicly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aisha Jumwa &amp; Moses Kuria Clash Over Paying Artists Through eCitizen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cabinet_sitting_nakuru.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cabinet_sitting_nakuru.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cabinet_sitting_nakuru-480x240.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 700px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cabinet Secretary (CS) Aisha Jumwa and her Public Service counterpart Moses Kuria on Monday, February 12, disagreed over who should communicate the State&#8217;s plans to overhaul the distribution of royalties to artists collected by government agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The disagreement ensued after CS Kuria remarked that President William Ruto\u2019s administration was fast-tracking amendments to the Copyright Act with the aim of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenyans.co.ke\/news\/97460-public-service-cs-moses-kuria-announces-govt-plans-pay-all-artists-through-ecitizen#:~:text=Public%20Service%20Cabinet%20Secretary%20Moses,government%2Drun%20Collective%20Management%20Organisation.\"> creating a government-run Collective Management Organisation.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CS Kuria revealed that going forward, all royalties to artists and proceeds from music copyrights would be paid through eCitizen.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Untitled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12990\" style=\"width:822px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Replying to Kuria via X, CS Jumwa stated that the mandate of making pronouncements revolving around CMOs and royalties falls under her docket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CS Kuria in his statement, had claimed that there were cartels in the government who were scamming artists by shortchanging them in the payment of royalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a mitigation measure, he explained that the artists would register their works through the eCitizen platform and monitor their royalties in real-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artists have been complaining that MCSK has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenyans.co.ke\/news\/95255-ezekiel-mutua-lashes-out-cs-kithure-kindiki-over-music-copyright-remark\">paying out peanuts despite collecting millions in revenue.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Untitled-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12992\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CS Jumwa however, reckoned that Kuria\u2019s sentiments may have been fuelled by the belief in the one government approach championed by the Kenya Kwanza administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aisha Jumwa &amp; Moses Kuria Clash Over Paying Artists Through eCitizen Cabinet Secretary (CS) Aisha Jumwa and her Public Service counterpart Moses Kuria on Monday, February 12, disagreed over who should communicate the State&#8217;s plans to overhaul the distribution of royalties to artists collected by government agencies. 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