On Tuesday last week, comedian Eric Omondi was arrested during a protest outside parliament buildings.
The self-proclaimed King of comedy had managed to gather a number of protestors before the police made the arrest and hours later, he got released from the central police station custody.
The now says that his protest is not him fighting for Kenyan musicians because they come and go.
He went on to say that what he is doing is fighting to see Kenyan music which is general get better and that, musicians will benefit from his fight.
“I am not fighting for Kenyan musicians those come and go. I am fighting for Kenyan music that is generational. Kenyan musicians will benefit though,” he said.
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Omondi added that he will continue with the protests, announcing that another one will be held on Tuesday next week.
“Fighting for the CULTURE!!! TUESDAY SAME TIME SAME PLACE,” he captioned his post.
Omondi had earlier pledged to storm the parliamentary buildings in a move to have the legislators pass a law on Kenyan music.
[Eric Omondi]
The law would force radio and television to play 75% of the local music while ensuring that creatives are well paid.
Prior to this, the comedian called out all the big names in the Kenyan music industry accusing them of doing nothing to save the industry from collapsing.
This saw him clash with some of the artistes including Sauti Sol's Bien Aime and Rappers Khaligraph Jones and Femi One, among others who dismissed him for being a 'loud mouth' and chasing clout with the music industry.
