The decision was taken in a Kecobo board of directors’ meeting held on Monday.
The Kecobo-sanctioned forensic audit that focused on the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 found a number of malpractices.
Kecobo said investigations and any prosecutions that may follow will be conducted professionally.
The reforms being pursued include introducing administrative and oversight measures.
The copyrights agency has alerted law enforcers about cash leakages discovered in organisations that collect musicians’ royalties, signalling a time of reckoning for those who have been pilfering artistes’ money.
The Kenya Copyright Board (Kecobo) has taken a tough stance against the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK), the Performers Rights Society of Kenya (Prisk) and the Kenya Association of Music Producers (Kamp) — commonly called collective management organisations (CMOs) — and has ordered staff and board members at the three organisations who have been adversely mentioned in a recently completed forensic audit to step aside.
