By venesa Namusabi
The UMOSPOC Kabalega Rally will again decide the winner of the 2025 National Rally Championship.
The event is expected to take place in Masindi, Hoima and Kikube districts in November, however, before the Kabalega rally shall be the CMC-Gulu rally in October and the UMC Fortportal rally in Kyenjojo and Fortportal.
Launching the UMC rally, the Federation of Motorsports of Uganda secretary Reynold Kibira urged the organisers and competitors to observe safety.
“We know motorsport is a crowd puller and creates excitement among fans especially the Altenza and Subaru drivers. So, don’t go on the roads and do what the rally drivers do because their cars are very well protected,” Kibira said.
Unlike all the previous championships held on Friday and Saturday, the fifth round of the National Rally Championship (NRC) will be held on Saturday and Sunday August 23-24,2025 in the two districts covering 280km of which 125km are competitive.
Entry for the event opened on July 21st, 2025 and will close on August 16,2025.
According to the Clerk of the Course (COC) Ahmed Ssemwanga, the rally will start with documentation and ceremonial start in Kyejonjo.
The Crews will battle in five stages including the super special stage in Kyenjojo.
“We shall start with the 17.3km stage, followed by the 16.3km stage which will be repeated after service before heading for the Super Special Stage,” Said Ssemwanga.
The crew after day1 will head for the overnight park fame at Kalya Courts Hotel and Sunday they will head to the remote service at Boma ground before heading to the 15.2km Mukwano stage.
The racers will thereafter go to the 13.3km stage and then return to the 12.82km stage that will later be Power stage by midday and later the prize given by 3pm said Ahmed Ssemwanga the clerk of the course.
Shiela Owori, the KCB Marketing officer, lauded the Federation of Motorsports Uganda (FMU) for promoting Motorsport and pledged KCB commitment to support motorsport.
“As a brand, we believe in people, and we shall be planting 2000 trees as one of our strategies in protecting the environment,” Owori said.
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