Founder /Director of Piz and Pots, Out in Uganda Tours, The sound Cup.
Years active
2002–present
Labels
Indie
Website
www.mauricekirya.com
Musical artist
Maurice Kirya (born 4 November 1984) is a Ugandan singer, songwriter, actor, and humanitarian.[1][2] He is the founder and Director of 'The Sound Cup Coffee', A Coffee Brand that started as a restaurant in 2013. He is also C.E.O/Founder of 'Piz & Pots', a Ugandan based Branding Agency. Piz & Pots is the company that also runs the annual music festival Kiryalive festival in Kampala.[3][4]
Maurice Kirya was born on 4 November 1984 to Tonny Munobbi and Sophie Baguma in Jinja.[5] Kirya was raised in Najjanakumbi, a Kampala suburb but the family kept shifting to the different suburbs of the city and he ended up attending nine primary schools but finally completed his primary at Nakivubo Blue Primary School.[3]
Kirya attended St Joseph's Secondary School Ndeeba for his ‘’O Level’’ education before switching to Kampala Citizens College where he completed his ‘’A level.[3][6] He later attended Maisha Film School.[7]
Career
He performed in the street, and he and his older brother performed as a duo in clubs.[6]
He studied acting at the Maisha Film School in Uganda.[7]
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Kirya was named as a Wild Aid ambassador for wildlife conservation.[9][10] As a musician and actor,[11] he won RFI’s(Radio France International) 2010 Discoveries Music Award.[12][13] He staged performances in Paris plus a year-long tour of Africa where he toured over 35 countries.[14] He was nominated for the most gifted afro pop video of the year in the 2012 channel O video music awards.[15] He was one of the three Ugandan artists to perform at the inaugural annual Tribe One Festival, in South Africa.[16]
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