Added: Sep 23, 2020

O’Mo always knew that music was what he loved to do, what was most natural to him and what he was born to do. It recently dawned on him that music isn’t just a passion but is in its purest form life. While fighting for his life in the ICU of Victoria Hospital, Bukoto. O’Mo was required to do breathing exercises, to awake his lungs unto their functionality. “Breathe in, the physiotherapist would say, hold your breath for these seconds, breathe out.” After a few days, his lungs revived and ICU became history. However, while doing those exercises, he discerned that they were akin to the drills he performed as a musician. It thus dawned on him, that music is after all life. O’Mo was five when he first began to sing. He wasn’t your ordinary five-year-old lad who clung to his mother at church or threw tantrums during church services. He chose instead to fraternise with the choir at St. Mathew’s Church in the little village of Adari in Dokolo District. It can be argued that he was the youngest choir member. It was under these circumstances that the singing voice in him was fully awakened. It was also then that he knew he was destined to sing for God. It was in school however, that his love for music became full blown. In primary two, he joined the school choir and although his music teacher rightly thought that he still too young to represent the school at the district level, O’Mo gladly participated in all inter-class and inter- school competitions that he was allowed to. He soon longed to grow up and attain the eligibility to participate in all possible music engagements. He didn’t wait long before opportunities presented. He soon realised that music is deep- rooted component of human life. O’Mo has been in choir all his life, as a backup and lead vocalist. In high school, he met six awesome lads with whom he shared not just his passion for Jesus, but also for music. They struggled to obtain a band name but later settled for “Forgiven Boys.” It was his first band. When the boys were not attending class, they were composing songs. On some weekends, they ministered in churches on invitation. Time and limited funds to record songs have since combined to disperse the group. Moving on to higher education at Makerere University, his Faculty engaged him as their Worship Leader and his participation in other Christian gatherings soon made him a famous name at the university, prompting a couple of churches to call on him to sharpen their worship teams. When work pitched him in West Nile, he stumbled on the West Nile Revival Festival, a fete that uses music to win souls for Jesus. While there, he served as a lead worshiper and trainer. When he perceived that music can indeed lead one to Jesus, he decided to actively compose and record music. His first released single, “My God is Wonder” is a danceable praise tune that chimes the greatness, power and wonderfulness of God. With several songs brewing in his heart and some on the recording line-up, O’Mo seeks to minister to people by proclaiming God’s goodness to a hurting world.