Despite being the furthest event for most competitors who
are based in Kampala and despite the hardship it promised, most of the regular
competitors made entries and those that didn’t, it was for reasons beyond their
control. Notable absentees included Kuku
Ranjit who had sold his Evo IX to Ambrose Byona but whose new car had not yet
arrived. Ponsiano Lwakataka although he
had done the Mbarara rally and showed he had lost none of his natural speed, his absence due to business
commitments wasn't entirely unexpected. The same applied to the Juba-based Wycliffe Bukenya.
Apart from Ambrose Byona’s new Evo IX which was liveried in
Hima Cement Green, Omar Mayanja had also returned from his sabbatical in 2015
with a new Evo X christened Edna, the mud Viper this time with support from
Vivo Energy (Shell) as well as Guvnor and Nippon Parts. Duncan Mubiru was also smarting with a new
Evo X that had shipped with Nasser Mutebi’s car of the same model but which had
not made the entry.
Visitors
The entry had been boosted by the fact that this rally would
be round 1 of the East Africa rally championship, which for 2016 took in 2 rallies
from each of Uganda and Rwanda/Burundi.
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