Maurice Kirya

Due to his passion for wild life conservation, Kirya was named as a WILD AID ambassador alongside powerful names such as actor Jackie Chan, Tony Jaa & Li Bing Bing. ]]n musician and actor. He won RFI’s 2010 Discoveries Music Award. He won prize money plus a grant worth 18,000 euros to develop his career. He staged performances in Paris plus a year-long tour of Africa where he toured over 35 countries. He was nominated for the most gifted afro pop video of the year in the 2012 channel O video music awards. He was one of the three Ugandan artists to perform at the inaugural annual Tribe One Festival, in South Africa.

Maurice has also featured in Hollywood films like The Queen Of Katwe as 'Theo' (alongside Lupita Nyongo & David Oyelowo, he has also acted in The Last King of Scotland as himself (Not credited) starring Forest Whitaker, Kerry Washington & David Oyelowo. Kirya is currently Starring in ‘The Girl In the Yellow Jumper’’ an upcoming movie directed by Loukman Ali.

Kirya has Celebrated albums such as Free Dreams, Mwooyo,‘The Book Of Kirya’ & Misubbaawa, Pre-orders for his highly anticipated album ‘Beyond Myself’ have already begun.

Maurice Kirya comes from a musical family, his late mother used to sit them around the fire every time there was a power black out, which was a common thing, she then would teach them folk songs and hymes, his love for singing was ignited in these dark warm nights. He fuses his Uganda style, Mwooyo with rnb, soul & jazz. He plays guitar, bass & piano and writes all his music. When asked how he writes his music, he always responded ‘’I see the picture, i feel the emotion,i relate and the song comes to me’’

The 2010 RFI (Radio France Internationale) Discoveries Award winner  Maurice is credited as the pioneer of Ugandan soul music – a style he’s aptly dubbed ‘’Mwooyo’’ A style and culture appreciated by his massive social media followers, fans & music enthusiasts.