Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) Ezekiel Mutua was excited to share news of his first earnings on TikTok platform.
Taking to social media on Tuesday evening, Mutua reiterated his earnings were out of clean content.
“At exactly 10:20pm today I made my first withdrawal from tiktok through my PayPal account. The journey towards sanitising tiktok through clean content has begun in earnest.
“I hope to serve as an example that content doesn’t have to be dirty to sell,” he added.
The elated CEO even went ahead to express his desire of making much more money on the short-form video platform.
“One day I will post a million here through clean and useful content on tiktok!”
This comes barely a week after he held a meeting with controversial preacher Victor Kanyari over his conduct on the platform in the past few weeks.
Ezekiel Mutua criticized his behavior, saying he was setting a bad example for the young people on TikTok and his followers since he has a church.
“Pastor Kanyari has disgraced the church. The unfortunate incidents of inappropriate conduct online in the last few weeks must be condemned. If Pastors were to continue with this drama for clout chasing there’s no telling how far this can go.”
On the flipside however, Mutua said he would use Kanyari’s experience to begin mentorship for thousands of Kenyan youths on TikTok indulging in pornographic content for money.
“Kanyari did well to join TikTok because out of this, though with unfortunate consequences, we are having a conversation to restore the youths in these platforms. These are our children, and we cannot ride on high moral horses to condemn and shun them.”
The MCSK CEO made it clear that he would not condone blasphemy or misconduct in the name of mentoring these youth, rather encouraging them to make a turnaround in the content they churn out.
“We are not condoning blasphemy or misconduct. Far from it. But we must have a genuine conversation to rescue our youths who are perishing. We cannot afford to wait to get their attention when another one dies. Most of them have real challenges. They are depressed. They are high on drugs. They are hateful and resentful. But they are our children and we must engage.”
