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Mafala!- Willy Paul, KRG, Gabu In Rage After Receiving ‘Peanut’ Payments From PRISK (Screenshot)

Posted on July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 by Dennis Elnino

Kenyan musical artists are up in arms against the Performers Rights Society of Kenya, after they received 4-figure payments from them.

Performers Rights Society of Kenya (PRISK) is a collective management organization licensed by the Kenya Copyright Board; to represent performers in musical and dramatic works.

It manages performers rights effectively and efficiently through; collecting remuneration on behalf of various users and performers; then distributes royalties to those rights holders.

Monkey Business

The organization is now locking horns with several artists over their payments. Krg the Don, Willy Paul, Gabu, among others, have expressed their predicaments over the same.

Krg has written on his Instagram;

”???????????????????? Prisk hizi peanuts mnatuma kwa simu yangu nifanyie nini!!! This is the biggest joke of 2021 after collecting billions of ksh #SMH”

Gabu commented on Krg’s post complaining over the same;

”Ufala sana .Hata mimi nimepata same amount.Hiyo office ile siku tutaingia hapo watajua sisi ni akina nani.Motherf***ker”

Willy Paul also expressed his disappointment on Instagram saying;

”Kijana soap soap alafu PRISK inanitumia 1000??? Sawa tu mafala! ”

This is not the first time artists are receiving peanuts from such an organization. We remember last time MCSK (Music Copyright Society Of Kenya), did the same. Something that made artists more aggressive. I bet some have decided to keep quiet over the issue.

Khaligraph Jones claps back after MCSK audit report revealed theft of musician’s royalties

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Gloria Katunge

Kenyan musicians have been rioting over the extremely poor leadership of copyright board, MCSK among other key organizations involved, who have for years paid up royalties in form of peanuts.

The wide view among artistes was that the industry was not conducive enough for the growth of their exceptional talents which have since been taken for granted. Some wishing they had started their careers overseas which would have now multiplied the kind of reception they are receiving in their own country.

Weeks after their ugly rants went viral, a drastic audit was made among those corporates involved in collecting royalties for artists, with reports finally out clearly indicating that musicians’ royalties had been swindled.

Also read: “Pack your bags and leave!” Femi One urges Kenyan artists

MCSK, PRiSK and Kamp were among bodies majorly touched on by the forensic audit from 2017 to 2019 that unearthed deep-rooted inefficiencies in the systems. Findings that were presented to KeCoBo chairman Mutuma Mathiu on Tuesday in form of a draft report.

“The non-compliance exposes the three societies to serious risks of misappropriation of funds, civil and criminal liability and loss of income from penalties and sanctions,” read the statement in part.

A report that popular rapper, Khaligraph Jones has now given his two cents on, clarifying that an audit was not worth the sweat at the very least.

Also read: Artistes should not fear to ask questions about their money – Khaligraph speaks in regard to MCSK ‘peanut’ payments

Because it was not news that some form of corruption scandals had been going on for the longest time possible and the entertainers continue to suffer even with all the numerous press briefings being given currently.

The Audit was Unnecessary, We have been Saying this from The beginning, The Kenyan Entertainment industry keeps on Suffering, DJs ,Artists, Event Organizers, Bouncers, Dancers Waiters, Club Owners, Restaurants etc,

Influential Kenyan rapper, Khaligraph Jones

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His sentiments attracted mixed reactions from fans, some against, others for it.

kajijoh Khaii ????????????too bad

___.lyrical.__.lenix.__ Mimi kutoka #2015 sijawahi pata hata bob????????. Huwa nasikia tu wasanii walilipwa yet nili_register na nikapeana hadi registration fee.. Lakini Mungu si Yuko ????

its__kohe__ Sawa papa jones the real OG????????????????

officialsajim corona is inevitable so they have to allow you guys to continue with daily activities as tulivo zoea jaman daaah,????????ni bata mwanzo mwishoooo????

“PRISK no longer serve the best interest of Kenyan musicians” Nonini resigns as board chairman

Posted on August 10, 2018August 10, 2018 by Martin Oduor

Nonini served as the board chairman of Performers Rights Society of Kenya (PRISK) until August 8th when he resigned following internal wrangles.

PRISK is licensed by the Kenya Copyright Board to represent performers in musical and dramatic works. Its mandate include collection and distribution of royalties.

Nonini however claims internal politics has crippled PRISK, he says the organization no longer serves the best interest of Kenyan musicians.

“This letter serves as my official resignation as chairman of PRISK effective 8th August 2018. It is my opinion that the PRISK board and by extension KAMP board no longer serve the best interests of Kenyan music artists and i cannot continue serving the PRISK board as Chairman, on a boad where politics of not collecting royalty in line with KECOBO directives is more important than the future of the Kenyan music industry collecting royalty jointly,” Nonini wrote in part in his resignation letter.

Illegal activity

Nonini explains that he decided to quit from his position as the board chairman after his efforts to compel PRISK to follow the law hit a snag.

The Genge rapper says PRISK has been excluding other mandated bodies in collecting royalties jointly as stipulated in the law. He says he can’t be part of a mafia system.

“I reported to the board of directors that over this past weekend the KAMP/PRISK licensing team had invoinced a client’s event manually and against the policy that is in place to joint collection. What was disturbing is that the invoince was not a joint MPAKE/KAMP/PRISK invoice but a KAMP/PRISK invoice only. This is illegal trend of KAMP/PRISK collections excluding MPAKE has been going on for some time despite objections I have raised,” wrote Nonini.

Musicians Uncollected Royalties at PRISK

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Pauline Syombua

Musicians across the country have been urged by the Performers Rights Society of Kenya (PRISK) to turn up and collect their pending royalty payments since the timeframe set to distribute these uncollected royalties is soon to expire.

PRISK, through a Public Notice, April 10, 2017, stated in part,

“…PRISK hereby advises that it currently holds KES 13,520798.00 in uncollected royalty payments for the distribution periods 2013, 2014 and 2015 for musicians whose recordings were in the Society’s system and monitored for airplay…” Further, PRISK stated that, according to the Society’s Distribution Rules, “all royalty payments not collected within a period of three (3) years from the date of distribution shall be transferred to the Social and Cultural Fund.”

Hence, pending royalty payments from the 2013 distribution year shall therefore not be available for collection from September 2017.

Although, quite a number of musicians, who are yet to register for membership, have turned up, there still remains a substantial number who are yet to collect their royalty payments.

Angela Ndambuki, Chief Executive Officer, PRISK, said that there are more than 500 musicians, non-members, whose songs were captured in the system and are yet collect to their royalty payments. She acknowledges that the uncollected royalties are due to lack of information about the respective rightsholders despite PRISK’s efforts to contact them to provide the necessary information.

Moreover, Ndambuki said that PRISK’s system captures all the songs submitted by the existing members. Hence, there is a likelihood of having an individual song accrue royalties for more than one musician who are either members/non-members; depending on their level of participation. This level of participation include: main artistes, track producers, featuring artistes, and session musicians.
Since PRISK distributes royalty payments annually to the members who have submitted their respective songs, this means that there will be a number of musicians who are non-members who are yet to receive their royalty payments from the songs already submitted.
In this regard therefore, PRISK urges all the musicians to visit PRISK’s website, www.prisk.or.ke and by clicking on Uncollected Royalties under Membership, they are able to check whether their names and songs have been captured in the system. They are then advised to contact PRISK by sending an email via, [email protected]