National Music Policy 2015

Abstract

This music policy came into being as a result of there being a music industry in Kenya that was marred by a myriad of challenges including the uncoordinated operations by individual musicians and music groups, inadequate support structures, inadequate measures for copyright and intellectual property enforcement and lack of policy guidelines. This Music Policy therefore seeks to address these challenges with a view to creating an environment characterized by more coordinated operations by musicians and music groups, adequate support structures for all players in the music industry, deterrence of piracy and other forms of fraud in the Music industry, enforcement of existing laws by relevant agents and finally the increased flow of benefits to all music industry players, from their respective undertakings, for them to better contribute to the increased Gross Domestic Product of our Country.