Controversial kisii singer, Embarambamba has finally broken his silence after the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) ordered him to delete his songs from all streaming platforms including YouTube.
In a video that the controversial singer released to the internet, Embarambamba is heard pleading with KFCB to be lenient with him after realising his mistakes in his various songs.
This comes after Embarambamba met with KFCB in a closed door meeting. KFCB direcred the singer to part with Ksh. 6.4 Million in fees accumulated in order to get licenced.
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Kenyans, I am sorry. A man can make mistakes but I’m sincerely sorry. All those I have offended through my songs, I Am sorry. But I am not capable of raising the ammount to the tune of 6.4 Million that has been put on me by the Classification Board
The breakdown of the fees was as follows: Licensing fees for 1000 units ammounting to 5,000 per unit totalling to 5,000,000. Filming fees and extensions for 1000 days ammounting to 1000 per unit totalling to one Million. Classification fees for 100 Minutes ammounting to 4000 per unit totalling to 400,000.
However, the singer is now pleading with the board to have mercy on him since he cannot afford the ammount and allow him to leave some of his songs on YouTube.
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“Instead of deleting all my songs from YouTube, I plead that instead I leave some of the clean songs so that the can help me with raising my kids and be able to take them to school.”
The singer has now says that he regrets his actions and wishes to be pardoned for the sake of his kids whom he says were the reason he started doing the songs in the first place to give them a better life.