Kenyatta Diverts 100Million from Sports and Gives it to Musicians to Entertain Citizens

Posted on Apr 06, 2020
By Kiggundu Abraham
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Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the payment of Kshs100million to musicians and the entire creative industry in the country to entertain Kenyans through TV, Radio and internet during the Covid-19 pandemic period.

During his State of the nation address about the pandemic, President Uhuru has on Monday 6th ordered the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage to avail the said Kshs100million approximately 3.5 billion Uganda shillings to local artistes during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic to enable them tame the boredom and stress among Kenyans during the pandemic period.

“I direct the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage to avail Ksh.100M from the Sports Fund to our artistes, actors and musicians during the period of the covid-19 pandemic so they may continue to entertain their fellow brothers and sisters through TV, radio and the internet,” said Kenyatta.

Accordingly, all local artistes will also be earning a total of Ksh.200 million per month approximately 7.8 billion Uganda shillings translating to an annual payment of over Ksh.2 billion.

“Starting this month, all our local artistes will be earning a total of Ksh.200 million per month that will be paid to musicians through the system and other platforms that we have developed. This shall translate this year to over Ksh.2 billion going into the pockets of our young artistes and young Kenyans. These payments will begin this week,” said Kenyatta.

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