Eddy Kenzo: Here’s why money is the least of my problems
Ugandan musician Eddy Kenzo performs during the CHAN finals match between Madagascar and Morocco at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, on August 30, 2025.
Everything is not about money.” That was Edrisah Kenzo Musuuza’s response to a journalist in 2021. The Ugandan singer popularly known as Eddy Kenzo had just turned down a lucrative endorsement deal from a European alcoholic beverage company due to his Islamic beliefs.
The deal, worth $290,000 — about one billion Ugandan shillings— had stunned many Ugandans. Many struggled to understand why anyone, let alone a man who rose from Kampala's dusty ghettos with his 2014 breakout hit Sitya Loss, would walk away from such a life-changing payday.
