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British firm at centre of Kenya National Anthem ownership row

A man sings the national anthem during a past event.

Kenya is mulling changes to the law to protect State symbols following claims that a British firm had exclusive rights to the National Anthem.

The claims, which were denied by British firm De Wolfe Music on Tuesday, had caused public outrage prompting the response issued by the Kenya Copyright Board (Kecobo).

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