Exodus wins Kenyan music award

Ugandan music is truly going places; from the nomination of the Good Lyfe crew in the annual BET awards to Julianna Kanyomozi's Kora award win last year, our music may be at the peak of things.

On Saturday 1st, Kenya held the prestigious Groove awards show and as you could imagine, Uganda was well represented with a category that saw six gospel artistes from Uganda tussle it out.

The nominated artistes included, Coopy Bly, Exodus, Holy Keane Amooti, Jackie Senyonjo, Ruyonga and Wilson Bugembe in a fully Ugandan category.

The Groove awards are credited as East Africa's premier Gospel music awards showcase, they honor , promote and give recognition to the artistes, writers and industry players for their contribution towards the East African Gospel music industry.

This years edition was held in Nairobi at the Kenyatta International Conference Center KICC, the event attracted different dignitaries including President Uhuru Kenyatta who was one of the special guests.

The Ugandan category was later won by Exodus whose Igwe and Walking are still making headlines in Kenya. In a recent interview with the Kenyan standard, the dancehall preacher admitted to having a good karma with Kenya.

Last week, the artiste was in Kenya shooting the video for his new single move this mountain, he remains one of Uganda's most celebrated gospel artistes.