Days after Tanzania government banned Diamond Platinumz from performing in and out the country ,the jibebe hit maker suggest that he is considering relocating from his home country.
He went ahead to say music is the source of his livelihood.
“Nini kitanifanyikia, sio kunifungia nyimbo, hainipunguzii kitu, mkinifungia ntaenda nje ntaiperform tu. Kama hutoka niperform si natoka naenda country nyingine tu. Nabaki uko naperform nyimbo zangu.” He said
“Kwa sababu sharia hairuhusu, nyimbo haichezwi Tanzania, Tamaduni kama Kenya zinaruhusu mwanifungwa kwa sababu gani sasa? Mwataka mimi nife na njaa? Tiffah watamnunulia diapers?” he added.
Hoerver,Kenya Film Classification Board CEO Ezekiel Mutua said he is free to perform in Kenya.
The directives comes fews days ahead of Diamond’s concert in Kenya dubbed ‘Wasafi festival”.
Speaking to Pilipili FM, Mutua said Kenya is not bound by the decision of Tanzania’s regulatory body Baraza la Sanaa la Taifa(BASATA) to ban the singer over his controversial song Mwanza.
Mutua explained that he cannot stop or arrest the Wasafi CEO based on the neighbouring country’s ‘morality’ laws but noted that the singer is subject to Kenyan laws once he jets in.
”We are Kenyans, we are not Tanzanians but they have been banned to perform outside Tanzania so it is purely their decision. Have seen the board has written their statement, they have banned them from performing even outside Tanzania.
“There is no issue, it is not me it is them but if they come here and commit crime in the event, we will deal with them with Kenyan law. It is not really our decision, we have nothing to do with it, whether they come or not, we are not involved in any way and cannot stop them from coming because of Tanzania. We can only ban them because of our laws here,” said Mutua.