{"id":9113,"date":"2026-07-31T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kenya-moves-copyright-royalty-collection-to-ecitizen-platform\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T09:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T09:50:00","slug":"kenya-moves-copyright-royalty-collection-to-ecitizen-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/kenya-moves-copyright-royalty-collection-to-ecitizen-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Moves Copyright Royalty Collection to eCitizen Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya has shifted the collection and distribution of copyright royalties to the <strong>eCitizen<\/strong> digital platform, a move designed to bring greater transparency to royalty management in the creative sector.<\/p>\n<p>The transition follows a presidential directive requiring the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.go.ke\"><strong>Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO)<\/strong><\/a> to digitise royalty collection and distribution through eCitizen. A Service Level Agreement between the <strong>Performing and Audio-Visual Rights Society of Kenya (PAVRISK)<\/strong> and the relevant government directorate has now enabled the platform to go live.<\/p>\n<h2>Digital shift follows presidential directive<\/h2>\n<p>PAVRISK chief executive officer <strong>Joseph K. Njagih<\/strong> said the digital system would improve transparency, reduce revenue leakages and streamline the collection and distribution of royalties to rights holders. The agreement was signed in the presence of Principal Secretaries <strong>Dr Belio Kipsang<\/strong> (State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services) and <strong>Fikirini Jacobs<\/strong> (State Department for Youth Affairs and Creative Economy), as well as KECOBO chairman <strong>Joshua Kutuny<\/strong>, acting executive director <strong>George Nyakweba<\/strong> and PAVRISK chairman <strong>Edwardo Waigwa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The new system is expected to support a requirement that at least 70% of collected royalties be distributed directly to rights holders.<\/p>\n<h2>PAVRISK becomes sole licensed CMO<\/h2>\n<p>PAVRISK is currently the only <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Collective_management_organisation\">collective management organisation<\/a> (CMO) authorised to collect royalties from users of music and audiovisual works in Kenya, following regulatory action against other CMOs. KECOBO recently suspended the operating licence of <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/rike-urges-due-process-after-kecobo-suspends-kamp-licence\/\">KAMP Copyright and Related Rights Limited<\/a> for three months, citing alleged violations of the Copyright Act, financial mismanagement, governance failures and non-compliance with regulatory directives. The regulator subsequently authorised PAVRISK to collect royalties on behalf of rights holders previously represented by KAMP in the sectors allocated to that organisation.<\/p>\n<p>KECOBO also declined to renew the licence of the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK), barring it from collecting and distributing copyright royalties after it failed to meet licensing conditions under the Copyright Act 2001 and the Copyright (Collective Management) Regulations 2020.<\/p>\n<h2>Unified Copyright Licence and compliance inspections<\/h2>\n<p>Njagih said users of music and audiovisual works can now obtain a Unified Copyright Licence (UCL) through eCitizen from anywhere in the country. \u201cThere will be no more excuses why users of music and audio-visual works will fail to comply with the regulations governing the collection of royalties by not obtaining Unified Copyright Licences (UCL) from PAVRISK since licensing has been made simple through eCitizen platform,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He 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