KENYA: MCSK is Corrupt, Board Member Reveals

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Last week the curtains finally closed on former Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) CEO Maurice Okoth after the board decided to part ways with him, a decision that was said will cause division among the board members.

And a few days after the firing of the society’s CEO, one of MCSK’s directors has come out to reveal that despite the recent move, the board still has some 'nefarious characters'.

The said director, Henry Mungai Njenga aka Mwalimu Wa Jane called an emergency meeting with a section of the industry’s entertainers to discuss the matter.

"Having been elected by MCSK members of Nairobi region with high expectations of change, I have taken this bold step of disagreeing with the MCSK board's way of doing things because I do not want to be judged as having contributed to the seemingly never ending mess at MCSK," he said in statement.

Mwalimu’s claims were that there were some misdemeanors in that society involving allowances, incidences of nepotism and board members sabotaging members' progressive projects due to self-interest.

Among these misdemeanors was the health care scheme that was set to be introduced under the MCSK Foundation but has failed to go through because of “incessant interference from interested members of the board.”

Furthermore he accused the MCSK board members of abusing their powers and working in committees that are not supposed to be involved in order to receive hefty allowances whenever there is a meeting.

For this reasons he recommended that there should be a “proper audit needs to be done regularly to ensure accountability."

He also recommended that like the former CEO, all board directors step aside to allow for investigations.

"If they fail to do so, members will move to court and obtain an injunction to stop or reverse any dealings by the board. The board should also be stopped from carrying out any further administrative functions in the society to avoid misuse of office."

On his part the Society’s acting CEO Merit Wambati dismissed Mwalimu, saying he did not follow the right procedures in addressing his issues.

"As a member of the same board he wants suspended, he knows quite well the process that needs to be followed. It was unnecessary for him to go through the media — he should have requested for a special meeting. Issues to do with finances and expenditure at the society are well-structured. MCSK employs people on merit and guided by the laid down procedures. So the issue of nepotism doesn't arise," he told Word Is in an interview.

However for some of the members that had attended Njenga’s meeting, they were pleased urging him not to resign as it will be hard fighting for their rights from outside the board.

 SOURCE: The Star