Company cars need licences to fit radios: MCSK
A traffic jam at Ngara in Nairobi on December 23, 2013. Companies will now require licences to fit radios and music systems in their vehicles. FILE PHOTO | EVANS HABIL |
What you need to know:
- Any business enterprise using music to attract customers will also need a permit from the society.
- Public service vehicle operators will pay Sh3,350 per year for the licence to fit a radio in their cars.
Companies will now require licences to fit radios and music systems in their vehicles.
This is in addition to an already existing law requiring all public service vehicles and business premises to have permits.
“The only places one is allowed to play music and listen to radio without disruptions is their compounds, houses and private vehicles,” Music Copyright Society of Kenya director Tom Kodiyo said on Monday.
“These are the only places we will not bother no matter how loud the music may be,” he added.
Any business enterprise using music to attract customers will also need a permit from the society.
ENHANCE BUSINESS
“The Music Copyright Society of Kenya is required by the law to license anybody using music to enhance their business,” Mr Kodiyo said.
Public service vehicle operators will pay Sh3,350 per year for the licence to fit a radio in their cars.
“We are simply abiding by the law when we ask for permits. Therefore, whoever does not conform to what the law requires should not complain.”
Mr Yose Musela, a manager with a Nairobi company, had complained of being harassed by MCSK officers for playing music in a company car without a permit.
