Just a Band Accused of Stealing Makmende

Boomba Boiz are accusing Just a Band of stealing their idea in order to create the Makmende phenomenon. 
Boomba Boiz are a gospel hip-hop duo consisting of Nascent, a blind single parent, and Labcy, an orphan. They started their musical career late 2004. Their first single Ngeta recorded under Southwest records was followed by Tumefika done by Ogopa DJs. In late 2006, they recorded 4WD, a song that talked about use of condoms not being an alternative to fight HIV/AIDS. Then last year they recorded Boomba Boiz pose for the cameras with PrezzoPastah Joh! and Umaskini Kwa Mtaa, both of which they hoped would make them mainstream acts.

They say they met Just A Band a while back who then listened to their singles ‘Tumefika’ and ‘Pastor Joh’ and they enquired why the Boomba Boiz hadn’t done a video for Pastor Joh. The duo then told Just a Band that they would be releasing a single called ‘Umaskini kwa Mtaa’ first and explained the story line, which bears an uncanny resemblance to the storyline in the ‘Ha-He’ video.
Apparently, the video story line for Boomba Boiz was even allegedly themed ‘Makmende Amerudi’ just like in the ‘Ha-He’ video!
“Our video showed the life of Makmende, a Kenyan hustler who earns his living through criminal ways. In the first verse of the song, Makmende goes job hunting but isn’t dressed like a conventional job hunter should. 
Makmende“He runs low on luck and when he doesn’t get the jobs he has done interviews for, he turns to the life of crime. The law catches up with him when he is netted printing fake currency,” the duo said. 
In their version of the video, Makmende later turns a new leaf and regrets dubious ways
Boomba Boiz proof that Just a Band copied the Makmende video is that the video and the song idea contradict. “This clearly shows that these ideas came at different times with the video idea coming in the last. So why did they have to combine two contradicting ideas?” they said.
However, Just a Band has moved fast to copyright the character and other slang words used in the video. The copyright also includes the characters and slang words used in the music videos like First Bodi, Big-G, Wrong Number, The Askyua Matha Black Militants, Black Sahara, Nyoyo na Uji Films and Finger of Nebula among others.
“This means that any copying or reproduction of any of the above characters for commercial purposes without permission is prohibited by law. Violators will be subject to criminal and/or civil action,” Just a Band said in a press statement. Blinky Bill, lead singer for the electro pop band, has also come out to deny that Just A Band ever even met the two.
Despite the copyright, Nascent and Labcy say they will release their video Umaskini Kwa Mtaa featuring their own Makmende.