ODM leader Raila Odinga is now free to use any music of his choice in his campaigns.

This is after the Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate paid Sh562,500 to the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) as licence fees for the music.

The payment was made by Odinga's daughter Winnie Odinga.

"Our Senior Licensing Officer Mr. David Kiragu with @Winnie_Odinga after she made payments of Ksh 562,500/= for local and international music used in the @RailaOdinga Presidential Campaigns." reads a tweet from MCSK.

Adding "We thank  @Winnie_Odinga and the entire @RailaOdinga Presidential team for this gesture and urge other political candidates to emulate them by making payments for the use of copyrighted musical works in their campaigns."

According to Section 38 (c) of the Kenya Copyright Act 2021, any person who causes a literary or musical work, an audio-visual work or a sound recording, to be performed in public at a time when copyright subsists in such work or sound recording and where such performances is an infringement of that copyright, shall be guilty of an offence.

Offenders face a fine not exceeding Sh500,000 or a jail sentence of four years or both.