Bushoke biography

A Tanzanian court has awarded legendary bongo flava singer Rutta Maximillia Bushoke  Tsh million  (Sh24 million) in a copyright infringement suit against music streaming platform Boomplay.

Bushoke who rose to fame in the late s  with several hits such as  ‘Nalia kwa furaha’ and ‘Usiende Mbali’ featuring Ugandan chanteuse Juliana Kanyamozi, sued the digital service provider (DSP) generating stream revenues from a number of his songs, without there being a binding contract between the two parties.

Bushoke says he did not enter into any agreement with Boomplay to either publish or distribute his music on its platform.

In court, Boomplay argued that it had entered into an agreement with a third party, Michael Mulingwa who provided it with the album tracks.

However, Bushoke told the Kinondoni District Court that no contract existed between him and any third party to distribute his songs on his behalf.

The DSP harbored the singer’s songs on its platform since and accord