Collo, P Unit, Gloria Muliro, Nameless, DNA & Kidum Top List of Highest Music Earners

The Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) has just made public its second distribution of the current financial year.

The distribution covers royalties earned from PERFORMANCES IN PUBLIC PLACES ( PPP) and is generated from license fees paid for live performances , concerts , and all music played in Public Places such as clubs ,restaurants , taxis , matatus and all other public service vehicles.

Royalty earners from concerts have dominated the earnings list with the highest amounts  from concerts only being about kshs 350,000/- , and the highest amounts from sample air plays in public places being much less at about kshs 178,000/- . This shows that royalty earnings from concerts are much higher than from sample log sheets in public places and as such ALL members are encouraged to notify MCSK whenever they are performing in concerts and / or live performances , so that they may benefit from this distribution.

A recent example is at the GUINESS CONCERT featuring KONSHENS and several local artistes , the event organisers TRUE BLAQ LTD duly notified MCSK of the involvement of local artists in the concert and further offered to settle the royalties due . These royalties have now been included in the current distribution with artistes such as WYRE, HABIDA, JUA CALI and others who performed at the concert benefiting from the amounts paid by TRUE BLAQ LTD.

Some of the members who earned highest amounts in PPP distributions (that is, concerts + live performances + sample log sheets) are as follows (no particular order ):

• Pastor Joel Kimeto ( mainly due to log sheets from Radio Injili in Rift Valley)
• Collo (both concerts and log sheets)
• Philiip Rono (log sheets, Rift Valley stations)
• The late Angela Chibalonza,
• Lillian Rotich
• P Unit,
• Gloria Muliro,
• Dennis Bett,
• Philip Rotich,
• Nameless,
• DNA and
• Kidum;

all of whom had earnings based on log sheets, and no concerts.