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LEGAL AID CLINIC HELD IN MOMBASA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CREATIVES NEST FOUNDATION

Post author:Immaculate Juma
Post published:May 18, 2023
Post category:Art Culture Law
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The two days proved a great success as different types of creatives showed up to not only learn but to also articulate their various challenges in practice; musicians who had experienced issues with contracts, scriptwriters who wanted to know about protecting their rights, dancers who wanted to understand how to protect their works and other creatives all showed up and voiced these issues to our capable panel of lawyers composed of Immaculate Juma, Agnel Nadida, Lilian Makanga, Ndeto Kay, Mildred Mwanyika and Felicia Tunje.

THE WAIVER ON BUSINESS PERMITS FOR FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHERS AND FILM-MAKERS

Post author:Julius Outa
Post published:October 27, 2022
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On Monday 29th, October 2022, Nairobi city county through the county executive committee for finance and economic planning issued a waiver and/or exemption to freelance photographers and freelance filmmakers from payment of single business permits that are charged under the Nairobi City County Trade Licensing Act. Image from Kenyanwallstreet.com There has been a lot of confusion as to which specific permit was waived following the announcement of the waiver. This is can be understood. There is a myriad of other such licenses and permits that are sought after as one is intending to open a business, conduct…

The Influencer Phenomenon

Post author:Julius Outa
Post published:August 8, 2022
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Image from Pinterest It’s an ‘end-of-the-month’ type of Friday, and a group of friends is gathered at an apartment somewhere in Nairobi taking stock of their weeks. There’s a feeling of exhaustion and a need to unwind in the air. This said gathering is in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Nairobi, where streets are orderly and immaculate; where the strays aren’t called ‘Osama’ or ‘Sonko’; a neighborhood where there is a canopy of trees lined up and down the sidewalk, throughout, from the moment you enter the street all the way to the exit. It’s evening by the way,…

WE GO FURTHER WHEN WE GO TOGETHER

Post author:Immaculate Juma
Post published:June 10, 2022
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In recognizing that the Kenya Copyright Board is a State Corporation under the Office of the Attorney General & the Department of Justice established by section 3 of the Copyright Act 2001 and mandated with the administration and enforcement of copyright and related rights, we felt that they would be the ideal partner to involve every time we wanted to conduct our trainings as ArtLawKenya; more specifically on the topic of copyright and related rights.