Music Copyright Society of Kenya CEO Ezekiel Mutua has opened up about his job since he joined the institution a year ago.
Mutua was appointed by the MCSK board as chief executive officer effective Friday, March 25, 2022.
The appointment followed rigorous competitive interviews in which he emerged top among the candidates who were interviewed for the post.
On Wednesday, Mutua revealed via a Facebook post that his tenure at the helm of the society has been one of pain pain and frustration from gospel artistes.
"Since I joined MCSK a year ago, the people who have caused me the most pain and frustrated in my efforts to revive the music industry are the so called gospel artistes,” he said.
Mutua lend credence to claims by comedian Eric Omondi who has been agitating for change in the gospel music industry saying some gospel artistes have gone off track and abandoned what is expected of them.
"I think Eric Omondi was right. Something is wrong. We have lots of performers and few real gospel artistes. Sad!” Mutua added.
The gospel industry in the country has in the recent past been hit by a wave of controversies with some artistes ditching the industry for secular music.
Among the basket of 'evils' the industry has faced are sex scandals, backstabbing and rivalry which has left Kenyans questioning the seriousness of some of the artistes.
Comedian cum activist Eric Omondi has been at the forefront calling out some of the artistes and asking them to ditch their wayward conduct and return to ministering the word of God.
In February this year, Omondi came out guns blazing against former and current gospel artists alleging that most had stopped singing and keeping the industry relevant.
"The gospel industry was the identity of Kenyan music, but we lost our touch with God and the church has let down Kenyans," he said.
He further said that most of the artistes who won great awards years ago had turned the industry into Sodom and Gomorrah.
