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Not so fast! Safaricom slams brakes on Bamboo celebration in Sh4.5m copyright award

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Musician Timsimon Kuria Kimani aka Bamboo. [Courtesy]

Telecommunication giant Safaricom has slammed breaks on musician Timsimon Kuria Kimani aka Bamboo's celebration after he won a nine-year-old Sh4.5 million worth of copyright claim against it.

The company has now obtained stay orders against the decision that saw Justice Asenath Ongeri penalize it for using three songs associated with the artist as ring-back tones over a period of years.

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