The rumours are over. The whispers are now reality.
After recently snapping up 2023 and 2024 African Rally Champion Karan Patel, the Tanzanian-based powerhouse ASAS has pulled off another massive signing — Uganda’s own Duncan Mubiru ‘Kikankane’.
The 2020-21 Ugandan National Rally Champion is now officially an ASAS driver.
THE GULU HINT THAT STARTED IT ALL
Fans first spotted it last month at the Rajiv Ruparelia Memorial Gulu Rally. Kikankane, the Ford Fiesta Proto star, was seen donning the ASAS colours.
In typical Ugandan rally banter, fans laughed: “Ali mu kwetega” — he is just testing the waters.
But this week, as Kikankane travelled to Arusha for the Guru Nanak ASAS Rally of Tanzania, the truth was unveiled. He was officially presented as one of the ASAS drivers for this season.
No more speculation. No more testing. He is ASAS.
A NATURAL TALENT TURNS PROFESSIONAL
Kikankane’s story is unlike any other.
No rally school. No formal training. Purely self-taught — on-the-job training, learning by rivalling Uganda’s best, lap after lap, stage after stage.
A naturally gifted driver. A darling of East Africa. And now, he has roared into full professionalism.
The ASAS deal changes everything for him. The burden of expenses shifts to the sponsor. The driver is now professionally managed, well branded, and handsomely remunerated — paid either per event or for the season.
For a man who has been known in recent times for poor preparations, this is a new chapter. Organised. Branded. Backed. A true ambassador for ASAS.
ALREADY WINNING IN ASAS COLOURS
And the results are already speaking.
Kikankane has won the last two events in which he has donned the ASAS colours — proof that professionalism breeds results.
Now the big question remains: Can this deal turn Kikankane into an even better champion?
WHAT NEXT?
Kikankane will compete in the Guru Nanak ASAS Rally of Tanzania this weekend before returning home to Uganda for NRC 7 in Hoima on November 20-22.
His fans and followers are already shifting allegiance to ASAS, following their hero to his new home.
From self-taught street fighter to professional factory-backed star — Duncan Mubiru Kikankane’s journey has just entered its biggest stage yet.
