The Kenya Medical Association (KMA) has strongly rejected a new directive from the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) requiring hospitals to pay for a music license to play copyrighted music.

• The KMA argues the directive is unlawful, citing a July 29 ruling by the Milimani Law Courts in Petition E076 of 2025 that already prohibited the MCSK from levying medical facilities.
• The association stated that requiring hospitals to pay for music constitutes double taxation, as health facilities already pay substantial statutory and regulatory fees to the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC).
• KMA emphasized that health facilities are not entertainment venues and use music for patient well-being, not commercial gain, warning that these extra costs could divert resources from essential patient care and service delivery.