Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has denied having a frosty relationship with his Gender counterpart Aisha Jumwa amid speculation that the two have fallen out.
In an interview on Wednesday night, Kuria refuted the claims insisting that the two share a cordial working relationship which extends outside cabinet meetings.
While making remarks, CS Kuria pointed out that Kenyans were reading too much into CS Jumwa's post which birthed the fallout rumours.
"Aisha Jumwa is my Twinnie, we met in the Cabinet right after that and we had a good laugh about it," Kuria revealed during the interview.
"You know I have been involved in supporting artists for a long time and that particular day when I made a comment about how we are supporting our musicians, I had spent quite a lot of money,"
"So I am vested in this particular space, and I talk about MCSK," CS Kuria explained.
The fallout rumours came about after CS Kuria announced that the government was planning to take over the mandate of paying artists their royalties from Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) which he said will going forward be done via eCitizen.
CS Kuria in particular took on Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) CEO Ezekiel Mutua over alleged failure to pay musicians their deserved royalties, citing such instances as the basis behind the government's push.
"The government is spearheading amendments to the Copyright Act to create a government-run Collective Management Organisation. All music, copyrights and royalties will be paid through eCitizen. Our artists will be individually registered. They can view online how much money is collected," CS Kuria stated on February 11.
Kuria would then lament over the current state of Kenyan music industry claiming that he had been in one instance been forced to chip in and support a local musician who was struggling over failure by a CMO pay to them their deserved royalties.
However, CS Aisha Jumwa would in a statement say that the purview to make such a declaration fell within her mandate.
CS Jumwa, who went ahead to correct him adding that discussions were still in progress and that a formal announcement would be made once talks were concluded.
