By Venessa Namusabi
Ugandan motocross rider Sharifah Kateete, Timothy Gawaya and Yasin Nasser were today March 13,2025 flagged off to represent Uganda at the International stage.
Sharifah Kateete will be representing Uganda in Australia during the FIM Women Motcrosscross World championship this same month.
The FIM Oceania Women’s Motocross Cup in Australia will run from March 21st – 23rd ,2025 in Australia.
Kateete, who will be riding under a Kenyan license, is among the six African women riders including Leah Heygate (Zambia), Mienke Cawood, Zoe Botha and Ivana Venter (South Africa) and Atete Benzinge (Kenya) who were selected last year at th African Championship (MXoAN) in Morocco.
Timothy Gawaya navigated by Francis Wamala and Yasin Nasser navigated by Ally Katumba will represent Uganda in World Rally Championship (WRC) Kenya Safari Rally on March 20-23,2025 in Naivasha Kenya.
The trio were flagged off by National Council of Sports (NCS) and the Federation of Motorsport Clubs of Uganda (FMU) officials at a function held at National Council of Sports Lugogo, in Kampala.
“I am excited to be part of team Africa and I will use this opportunity to inspire other female riders step up their performance,” Sharifah noted.
Kateete will haed to South Africa for training with other riders in camp and later travel to Australia.
On the other side, the 2019 and 2023 National Rally Champion, Yasin Nasser has vowed to give it all and finish the WRC Kenya Safari Rally this time.
Nasser went on a forced leave when he rolled the Ford Fiesta R5 in Kedong stage which was the special stage 7.
“It has been a long journey. We have gone through a lot but this time is a bit more special. We have prepared to go out and enjoy ourselves properly,” Nasser said at the flag off ceremony at NCS.
“This WRC is going to be more challenging but we are going to give it 99percent with caution not to repeat the previous mistakes and finish the event,” Nasser added.
