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Azimio la Umoja party leader Raila Odinga has been forced to delete one of the numerous videos he had put on his Instagram page rallying Kenyans to turn up for protests.
If you are wondering why? The politician and his team were hit with a copyright claim but with a soft blow as no legal actions were taken.
Raila's video seemingly landed a content creator in trouble, thus compelling him to reach out to the former prime minister to ask for the now turned controversial video to be pulled down.
The content creator identified as MC Bull took to his official Twitter account to make himself known.
He first complained that he'd been requesting for the video to be pulled down but had been ignored.
"I requested your team to pull it down but wasanii hatuskizwi! It has been a week of constant back and forth. The video has been used for a course that I did not consent to," MC Bull complained.
His main complaint is the fact that Raila's video had included his image and voice where he could be heard telling Kenyans to turn up in large numbers for the demos.
In the clip, Mr. Odinga is heard chanting that it is time to ‘free the country’ amid a background of the song from the popular Sarafina movie ‘Fredoom is coming’.
MC Bull complained that he hadn't given permission for his voice to be used in the call for maandamano (protests) video.
In his tweet, he detailed his displeasure with the move adding that it has taken a toll on him and his source of livelihood.
The artist detailed that his being painted as the face of maandamano had cost him gigs.
Additionally, he said that due to their constant back and forth (with Raila's team) to have the video pulled down, “it has cost me a lot of emotional and financial strain. I have lost a gig or two in regards to this, the advert was a call to vote and that was that!
I am requesting that you/ your team pull down this material with immediate effect as it is making me suffer losses that i really don't deserve to be losing. Kenya ni ngumu at the moment, make it easier for me by pulling it down and apologizing," part of the artist's tweet read hours before the video was deleted.
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