Controversial gospel musician Chris Mosioma, alias Embarambamba, finally met with officials from the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) and the Music Copyright Society of Kenya as Kisii leaders sought to intervene in his ban.

The leaders, led by South Mugirango MP and National Assembly Majority Whip Silvanus Osoro, met with MCSK's boss and a KFCB official to resolve the musician's woes out of court.

PHOTO | COURTESY Embarambamba and his lawyer Danstan Omari during the meeting

This comes after KFCB penalized Embarambamba Ksh 6.4 million for breaking its code of conduct in his multiple gospel videos, which were deemed obscene and offensive. 

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After the meeting, Osoro said they persuaded KFCB and MCSK to be patient with Embarambamba, who then agreed to settle the dispute outside of court and assist the singer.

"We agreed that going forward we engage outside the courts and go the ADR way. And as you saw Embarambamba has already started acting on some of the demands by KFCB and that itself has shown a bit of remorsefulness and acting within the law as the body may want him to do," Osoro said.

PHOTO | COURTESY  Silvanus Osoro

 He also said that they agreed during the discussion that Embarambamba could continue to worship and praise, but only within the limits imposed by the regulatory agency.

While defending his client, Lawyer Danstan Omari stated that if Embarambamba's music is removed from circulation, people who watch it will sue both KFCB and MCSK because musicians who make mistakes should be corrected rather than punished.

MSCK's Mutua acknowledged the efforts made to resolve the matter. Mutua stated that Embarambamba's energy should be used constructively.

PHOTO | COURTESY  Embarambamba

"Our desire as MCSK is to mentor creatives like Embarambamba and others. This is the space that can be created for our youth and artists and you are aware that we are not in the business of promoting immorality in our culture," Mutua said.

"We all reached to one conclusion, that it is possible to deal with this matter under ADR which is recognised by law so that we mentor Embarambamba, we look at the penalties that have been spelt out and see how we can help together and make this talent a more useful and responsible contributor to the development of our country," Mutua added.