•The committee chaired by Churchill to serve for a period of three years.
•The committee will deploy the digital space in talent search, identification, nurturing and exposure.
TikToker and radio host Azziad Nasenya, comedian Daniel ‘Churchill’ Ndambuki and actress Catherine Kamau are among famous personalities who have landed jobs in the Kenya Kwanza government.
Youth Affairs, Sports and Arts Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba through a gazette notice dated February 10, 2023 established the Creatives Technical Committee.
The committee will be chaired by Churchill to serve for a period of three years.
Other members of the committee include; Akinyi Odongo, Jimmi Gathu, Esther ‘Akothee’ Akoth, Kizito Makhande, Rosemary Wahu Kagwi, Awadhi Salim Awadhi, Douglas Kipkirui, and Langat Susan Ekasiba.
CS Namwamba highlighted that the Creatives Technical Committee shall propose reliable systems for the seamless and accountable collection and distribution of royalties to all creatives and implementation frameworks for the National Creatives Economy Plan.
The committee will also manage the National Creatives Awards (Kenyan Grammys) as well as deploy the digital space in talent search, identification, nurturing and exposure.
It will also establish a robust framework to monetize the creatives sector to expand employment opportunities and support Kenya’s economic growth and advice on the Masterplan for upgrading arts facilities and infrastructure countrywide to international standards.
The Churchill-led committee will also develop a framework to anchor and promote Kenya as a top film-making destination and consider, propose legislative and policy measures for the growth of the Creative Economy.
"The Council and its Technical Committees shall undertake any other task as may from time to time be assigned by the Cabinet Secretary aimed at the renaissance of Kenyan sports and the Creative Economy," reads the gazette notice further.
In the performance of its mandate, the Council, as the need arises, may co-opt not more than two other members to advise or help on any area that the Council may deem necessary.