{"id":1701,"date":"2025-04-29T12:24:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanrallychampionship.com\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2025-04-29T12:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:24:20","slug":"ankole-region-ready-for-pearl-rally-kcb-bank-sets-african-round-rolling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanrallychampionship.com\/?p=1701","title":{"rendered":"Ankole region ready for Pearl rally, KCB Bank sets African round rolling\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5fd872b59967a457de7c10ebfea9bb75c681d311ef6bca702f21786b76a36503?s=160&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5fd872b59967a457de7c10ebfea9bb75c681d311ef6bca702f21786b76a36503?s=80&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\"> by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kawowo.com\/author\/sharifah-n\/\">Sharifah Namagoba Ramah<\/a><\/strong> April 28, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kawowo.com\/2025\/04\/28\/ankole-region-ready-for-pearl-rally-kcb-bank-sets-african-round-rolling\/?share=jetpack-whatsapp&amp;nb=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kawowo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cba67efb-813b-4fb0-8719-ae5795bc0648.jpeg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>For the first time in its history, the Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally will be hosted in Western Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mbarara district will be the bevy of rally activity when the second\u00a0round of the Africa Rally Championship rolls off from 8th to 11th May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the buzz expected\u00a0in Western Uganda, KCB Bank Uganda has\u00a0injected 80 million shillings to ensure the smooth running of this year&#8217;s rally.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KCB Bank has over the years been associated with motorsports in the region, especially in Kenya and Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kawowo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7873ca06-31e4-48a0-a07d-31588dd25934.jpeg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-295532\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0financial\u00a0institution has been part of Pearl Rally for years since it opened its banking business in Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is a great pleasure for us at KCB Bank to join hands with the FMU to raise the motorsport spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKCB promised to join this sponsorship last year, and here we are at it, and we are privileged to be among the participants and sponsors of this event.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis year we are once again proud to reaffirm our commitment not just for pearl rally but also KCB rally drivers who have shown determination in racing,\u201d said Awori, the Acting Head of Marketing at KCB bank&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kawowo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6accab3a-fdf6-4874-a495-5622314c371b.jpeg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-295531\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The FMU president, Hon. Jimmy James Akena, says KCB has been a commendable partner of the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would like to appreciate KCB for standing with motorsport over the years. This sponsorship is going to lead to an exciting and safe event in Mbarara,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kawowo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ddd4945a-4f30-4a02-af2f-7c20ba26cc78.jpeg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-295527\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Pearl of Africa rally will run for three days, starting with the qualifying stage and shakedown on 8th May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rally will start proper\u00a0on Friday with three stages, including a super special stage at the Rukaari Resort.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kawowo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cf07a99f-c8b3-4f91-bd90-51b6f430b269.jpeg?resize=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-295529\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kawowo.com\/2023\/04\/26\/2023-pearl-of-africa-rally-fmu-hits-jackpot-from-kcb-bank\/?relatedposts_hit=1&amp;relatedposts_origin=295525&amp;relatedposts_position=0&amp;relatedposts_hit=1&amp;relatedposts_origin=295525&amp;relatedposts_position=0&amp;relatedposts_hit=1&amp;relatedposts_origin=295525&amp;relatedposts_position=0\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0Sharifah Namagoba Ramah April 28, 2025 For the first time in its history, the Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally will be hosted in Western Uganda. Mbarara district will be the bevy of rally activity when the second\u00a0round of the Africa Rally Championship rolls off from 8th to 11th May. With the buzz expected\u00a0in Western Uganda, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanrallychampionship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanrallychampionship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanrallychampionship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanrallychampionship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanrallychampionship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africanrallychampionship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1702,"href":"https:\/\/africanrallychampionship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701\/revisions\/1702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanrallychampionship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanrallychampionship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanrallychampionship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanrallychampionship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}