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Doctors reject new music copyright regulations for hospitals

A patient being attended to at a Nairobi hospital. [Mate Tongola, Standard]

The Kenya Medical Association (KMA) has strongly opposed the newly introduced Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) Regulations 2025, arguing that they unfairly target healthcare facilities.

In a letter dated September 19, 2025, addressed to the Kenya Copyright Board, KMA said the regulations would impose an “unjustifiable double financial burden” on hospitals, which already pay hefty licensing and compliance fees to the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC).

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