SUZANNA OWIYO CALLS OUT KISUMU COUNTY GOVERNMENT FOR FAILING TO PAY ARTISTES AFTER PERFORMING AT AFRICITIES SUMMIT

Musician Suzanna Owiyo has called out Kisumu County government for failing to pay artistes months after they performed at the 9th Africities Summit held in May last year.

According to Owiyo, officials at the Kisumu County government have been taking the artistes in circles, “Can @kisumucountyke & Ministry of Devolution do the honorary thing & pay Artists who performed during @africitiessummit in May 2022.I believe once you have rendered your services, you should be compensated as per the contract. Thank you. #PayArtists #RespectCreatives #AfricitiesSummit.”

In a video, The Kisumu 100 hitmaker also added, “I’m sharing this because I have a concern to raise. This is in regards to the Africities Summit that took place last year in Kisumu, sometime in May. The artists, including myself, have not been paid. I have tried my best to reach out to the guys in charge, those assigned to contract the artists, but my efforts have not been successful. The responses I keep getting are, ‘we will pay you, wait. You have to wait for another week, wait for next month’ so it’s been delayed after delays.

So, I’m appealing to the county government of Kisumu and the national government in charge to do the honorable thing and just pay. Just pay the artists. I mean, we rendered our services and the best thing you can do is just to honour that. We are not asking for too much. So on behalf of my fellow artists, I’ve decided to speak out on this matter because I feel somebody somewhere must act.”