Umospoc media team
Rally driver Samuel Bwete will be return to racing this year starting with the Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally due May in Mbarara.
The UMOSPOC member popularly known as ‘Kawunyemu’ because his vigorous campaign against alcohol and drug use while driving got a sabbatical in 2023 when his Mitsubishi Evo9 got mechanical challenges.
“This year I am coming back starting with Pearl of Uganda Rally. My fans should be ready for the show down,” the CEO/President Kawunyemu Rally team said.
His navigator Urban Mulindwa has been reading notes for different drivers since he went sabbatical and is ready to take on the mantle where he stopped with his boss.
Bwete is bringing a new car most probably a proto and aims at giving top racers including Clubmate Ronald Sebuguzi (Ford Fiesta proto), Joshua Muwanguzi (Subaru N12) and others racers including Duncan ‘Kikankane’ Mubiru, Hassan Alwi, Jas Mangat, Yasin Nasser, Mike Mukula and Nasser Mutebi.
The first edition of the prestigious Pearl of Africa Rally was held in 1997 as an African Rally Championship candidate event.
This followed the successful organisation of Burundi’s Great Lakes Rally in Uganda in 1996 after the political instability rocked Burundi and the success of the Great Lakes Rally inspired Ugandan officials who decided to apply for the 1997 Championship which FIA granted. The last two editions were won by Uganda’s Jas Mangat (2023) and Karan Patel of Kenya (2024).
