MCSK to Pay Kenyan Artistes over Kshs.13 million

The Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) has announced that it will be distributing royalties from radio and television stations to Kenyan artistes from yesterday, Feb 28th 2012.

These royalties will be distributed based on the log sheets collected from radio and television stations which have paid and submitted proper documentation from the period of July 1st 2010 to June 2011. The society will also use some in-house monitoring software for comparison purposes.

Of a total of over Kshs. 16 million submitted by broadcasters, the MCSK will deduct administrative fees amounting to close to 20% resulting in the relevant artistes obtaining the remainder of just over Kshs. 13 million.

The society was quick to clarify however, that only members whose music has actually been played will get their royalties.