Kenyan artist Julius Owino Ooko, popularlty known as Juliani, has threatened to sue Jubilee Party for using his ‘Utawala’ song to promote a Building Bridges Initiative video without his consent. Through his lawyer Katee David of James T. Makori Advocate, Juliani said that the party posted the BBI promotional video on its Twitter account on October 31 using part of his song. Juliani's lawyer added that the party's BBI promotional video goes against building bridges, for it is denying the artist his right to earn an honest living. He also argued that by using his work, Juliani's reputation to the public as well as his earning will be negatively affected in the future. Juliani has also demanded that the party should admit liability for infringement of intellectual property rights in writing within the next 72 hours.

Source: The Star November 02, 2020 15:17 UTC