Kenyans love Afro Beats more that local music

It seems the #PlayKeMusic did not convince enough Kenyan fans to stick to local music and be loyal to it. According to the 2022 data on how Kenyans consumed music based on the Google searches they made, Afro Beats artistes topped the list. The top 10 searched lyrics were all Afrobeats songs, save for one local and rather patriotic song, Peter Kigia’s Tushangilie Kenya (Let’s Celebrate Kenya). Also read: EXCLUSIVE: Babu Owino – I walked out of a police cell into an exam room for my KCSE Coming second behind Nigerian singer Ayra Starr’s Rush, Tushangilie Kenya’s interest spiked between August 21 and 27, which is two weeks after Kenyans went to the ballot and a week after William Ruto was declared president. Google said Kenyans were looking for ‘Tushangilie Kenya lyrics pdf’, ‘patriotic songs’, ‘Tushangilie Kenya taifa letu tukufu lyrics’ and ‘Mungu baba twaomba lyrics’. It is important to note that the songs all have very popular and viral TikTok dance challenges Also read: Nasra Yusuf: My problems with Rashid started while we were still dating - Exclusive Here are the most Googled lyrics by Kenyans in 2022:

Rush Lyrics
Tushangilie Kenya Lyrics
Sugarcane Remix Lyrics
Girlfriend Lyrics
Calm Down Lyrics
Finesse Lyrics
Overdose Lyrics
Cough By Kizz Daniel Lyrics
For My Hand Lyrics
Love Nwantiti Lyrics

However, Kenyans also consumed news online and some of the popular personalities that they search for are listed below. Also read: 5 Key lessons I have learnt in the last couple of months – Catherine Kasavuli All the personalities on the list are politicians except for Africa's fastest man, Ferdinand Omanyala. Here are Kenya’s top 10 trending local personalities in 2022: