The government has intensified the fight against cartels exploiting musicians, performing artists and content creators in order to enable them to earn more from their talents.
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki said the Rutoadministration has prioritized streamlining the sector that has for long been under the siege of unscrupulous individuals keen to reap where they have not sown.
He on Wednesday hosted over 2000 musicians, content creators and artists at home in Irunduni, Tharaka Nithi County and assured them that the Kenya Kwanza Administration will not abandon them at the mercy of cartels out to impoverish them.
“The cartels in the creative industry must pack and go.
We are not requesting them, we are demanding them to exit the stage and allow musicians, content creators and performing artists to benefit from the sweat and talent that God gave them,” DP warned.
Kindiki, who is leading the fight to rid the industry of the cartels, said the government will not relent until the artists and creators get their rightful share.
Noting the millions of money siphoned by those contributing the least as musicians and creatives suffer from earning peanuts, he said there will be no negotiations that will extend an exploitative agenda.
“We will stand firm and fight the cartels.
They must stop exploiting the artists.
This time round there is no escape route for them, they must leave. It is not possible for one to earn Sh2 million and yet the singer earns Sh2.
It is not possible,” he noted.
He said the government will not be intimidated and will repulse any attempt to frustrate it to give up.
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