Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) has announced the appointment of Dennis Mogusu as the new operations manager.
Mogusu was seconded to MCSK by the government. He has vast knowledge and experience in matters of copyright, CMO licensing operations, and marketing.
He previously worked as a trade and development representative at Safaricom PLC as well as a business development executive at the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
He also brings forth experience as an administrative, operations, enforcement, and security worker from the Ministry of Interior and National Administration where he served as an assistant county commissioner.
Mogusu will be taking over, on a three-year contract, from Peter Enze who resigned.
In his new role, he will be expected to streamline musical royalties across the country.
MCSK CEO Ezekiel Mutua congratulated Mogusu stating that the society will accord him the necessary support he needs.
“ We wish him well as he begins discharging his duties. We also appeal to all our local and international stakeholders to accord him the necessary support and goodwill in the execution of his duties,” Mutua said.
On his part, Mogusu expressed his gratitude towards MCSK for the opportunity, promising to put his best foot forward to raise royalties for members.
“I am honoured to be a part of MCSK. I believe in the welfare of our musicians and artists at large and I am committed to improving the collections of music royalties and earnings of our musicians,” he said.
He joins MCSK which has over 15,000 approved members and the board conducts approvals across the country for artists who have applied to join the society.
Mogusu’s appointment comes days after the Kenya Copyright Board (Kecobo) announced the implementation of the Blank Tape Levy.
Also known as the Private Copying Levy, it targets both blank media and blank recording media such as DVDs, and flash disks to compensate the rights holders for the private non-commercial copying of their works.
The levy targets to raise about six billion shillings yearly.
Last week, Kecobo was, however, barred from releasing funds collected under the Blank Tape Levy pending a hearing and determination.
The order given by the High Court, directed that the money is not to be released to the Performer Rights Society of Kenya, Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) and Kenya Association of Music Producers.