By Mwambazi Lawrence

After 26 long years, it finally looks like it might be coming home. With just days to go before the fifth and final round of the 2025 African Rally Championship (ARC) in Morogoro, Tanzania, Ugandan hopes are sky-high. Leading the charge is none other than Uganda’s dynamic duo Yasin Nasser and co-driver Ali Katumba  who remain at the top of the championship standings.

Preparations at the Moil Rally Team camp are in overdrive, with every nut and bolt being checked, every plan tightened, and no stone left unturned. The mission is clear: bring the African crown back to Uganda for the first time since the late Charles Muhangi’s legendary 1999 triumph in the Subaru Impreza famously nicknamed Ekitaguriro.

For Nasser, the mathematics are simple but demanding   a first or second-place finish in Morogoro will secure him the continental title. Yet, as every rally fan knows, nothing is ever guaranteed in motorsport. Standing in his way are strong challengers: Kenya’s Karan Patel (if he makes the start after missing the previous round in Burundi) and fellow Kenyan Samman Vohra, who has shown blistering pace this season. There’s also the improving Ahmed Huwel, fresh from an upgrade to a Toyota Yaris, though his threat is considered less immediate.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere among Ugandan rally fans is reaching fever pitch. From Kampala to Arua, from Jinja to Masaka, buses are being booked and pockets are being emptied as passionate supporters prepare to descend on Tanzania in a sea of black, yellow, and red. For them, it’s more than just a rally  it’s history in the making.

Should Yasin Nasser hold his nerve and steer his machine across the finish line in Morogoro within the top two, Uganda will celebrate its first African Rally Championship crown of the millennium. After two decades of waiting, the dream is alive, and the nation is ready.

This time, it just might be coming home.