Esther Akoth alias Akothee has adviced her fellow musicians to focus more on building their brands and creating unity in the Kenyan music industry.
Akothee's advice comes amid wrangles between the musicians and the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) over poor royalty payment.
According to Akothee, the artistes should forget about MCSK and push themselves as individuals. She, however, pointed out the fact that the one problem facing the artistes is lack of unity.
"What I can say is that they should push themselves more, forget about MCSK because the artistes also have a problem with unity so you will only hurt each other. Work on building your brands. Love each other, support each other. Right now we have AFRIMMA coming up, there are artists who have been nominated like us, like Tuva, like Willy Paul. Let's support each other and notify the fans that we need their support.
(Nitasema kwamba mzidi kujisukuma, msahau hawa watu wa MCSK kwa sababu nyinyi pia mko na shida ya umoja kwa hivyo mtakuwa mnaumizana bure. Work on building your brands. Love each other, support each other. Saa hizi tuko na AFRIMMA inakuja, kuna wale wasanii wamechaguliwa kama akina sisi, kama akina Tuva, akina Willy Paul. Tupokeane tusapotiane, tujulishe mafans kwamba tunahitaji support yao)," Akothee stated during the interview.
MCSK, on the other hand, has defended itself explaining that the money paid out had been collected from performances for two months and shared equally among the members.
"Please be informed that we paid all artists for the 2 months we collected royalties being a PPP distribution. This doesn't include broadcasters. We are not thieves! Get the correct information," a tweet from MCSK read