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Kenya's creative industry steps up IP protection amid piracy battles, legal reforms and artist victories

Musician JB Maina [Courtesy]

Having ruled the secular music in the Kenyan industry for over four decades, John Boniface Maina popularly known as JB Maina does not regret abandoning grazing his father’s flock in the village and moving into Kenya’s capital city to start a music career. He was 15.

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