Moja Love Channel accused of stealing ideas on Jub Jub’s new show You Promised To Marry Me
Moja Love channel has been publicly accused of stealing the concept of its new show You Promised to Marry Me which aired its first episode on Sunday.
Cedric Manala alleges that the new show, You Promised To Marry Me is based on ideas he reportedly pitched to the channel.
According to the Daily Sun Cedric Manala said:
“I saw an advert from Moja Love requesting people to submit TV show proposals. I submitted mine in June. After I submitted my proposal, I saw an advert of a new show coming out, which had the same concept as mine.”
The 30-year-old from Cedric also alleges that Moja Love only contacted him after he called them out on social media.
Cedric reportedly challenged them on why they wanted him to visit the station if they hadn’t stolen his concept after he was invited there.
“The CEO of Moja Love, Aubrey Tau, along with the head of channel Bokani Moyo, contacted me. They said they haven’t read my email.
“I asked them why the concept was the same. All they did was change the name.”
Cedric added he is going to take legal action against Moja Love because it is not about money or compensation but recognition.
“I waited for the first show to air because they could have decided to cancel it before I took any legal action. I’m looking for a lawyer to help me pro bono.
A Moja Love official claims the channel had been working on the show format for You Promised to Marry Me since last year as a spin-off of Uyajola 9/9
They said all proposals submitted for the month of June had not been processed yet arguing that the concept of the show was created and formalised internally by the channel’s executive producers so there was no way they stole Cedric Manala’s concept.
You Promised To Marry Me is the latest show presented by Jub Jub which deals with people who are promised a hand in marriage, which never materializes or people who have had weddings cancelled on them by their partners and they want to find out why.
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