When United Motorsports Club (UMOSPOC) in Conjunction with the Formula1 association of Uganda took the Go kart competitions in Hoima in 2018 and 2019 many did not take it serious.
In 2021 UMOSPOC launched abid to have the Karting track constructed in Mukono at the Grand Praclos Hotel commissioned by the then mayor of Mukono and a former FMU president Uncle George Kagimu.
The project is still on despite the financial challenges and the political trends that halted the entire process.
In 2012, Uganda Uganda Motorsport Arena in Busiika Luwero district started the construction of the tarmaced Karting track but many thought it is just leisure and business for the proprietor.
However, the Formula 1 Association of Uganda that started in 2003 was busy also planning on how to get sport rolling at a competitive stage.
Their plans became a reality Sunday April 21,2024 in Bugolobi when they launched the competition calendar for 2024 in Bugolobi.
This year 2024 will witness many more non-championship competitions but there will be three national Go-Kart championships held on the three venues in the country.
The venues include Meraki Karting Race Track in Bugolobi, Uganda Motorsport Arena Busiika and Lubowa karting track.
The championships will in the spreading the sport and nurturing talents for the future but also help the governing body to select the teams for the continental and regional international competitions starting in 2024.
According to former Association president Solomon Kajura, this is a milestone for the association that has evolved from siting rooms to Bars not to the track with action.
“Our focus is gradually spread the discipline a round the country and also get facilities and capacity to host the 2026 Africa Cup,” Kajura noted.
“Together with our neighbours Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda, regulations are being formulated with the guidance of FIA, the World’s motorsport governing body to see that competitions are held internationally in the continent,” Kajura added.
Go-Kart competitions will be held in categories including junior, Intermediate and seniors according to age and strength of the karting engine according to Ofwong Alfred the Formula 1 Association of Uganda vice president.
The Association president Raymond Mugisha lauded the Federation Motorsport Clubs of Uganda (FMU), of his association’s commitment to develop the new discipline in the country.
Irene Blick, the FMU general secretary commended the F1 Association evolution in the country by getting the sport from the sitting rooms to the track and assured them of the federation’s total support.
Blick, a former rally driver, also participated in the exhibition event held at the Meraki Karting Racetrack Bugolobi.
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