{"id":5594,"date":"2022-05-09T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=5594"},"modified":"2022-05-09T09:22:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T09:22:09","slug":"ugandas-jas-mangat-wins-pearl-of-africa-rally-as-fmu-partnered-with-kiira-motors-to-offer-shuttle-services-on-their-kayoola-electric-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ugandas-jas-mangat-wins-pearl-of-africa-rally-as-fmu-partnered-with-kiira-motors-to-offer-shuttle-services-on-their-kayoola-electric-buses\/","title":{"rendered":"UGANDA&#8221;S JAS MANGAT WINS PEARL OF AFRICA RALLY AS FMU PARTNERED WITH KIIRA MOTORS TO OFFER SHUTTLE SERVICES ON THEIR KAYOOLA ELECTRIC BUSES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Uganda\u2019s Jas Mangat and navigator Joseph Kamya  have won the  Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally  at Lugazi. This was  the third round of the Africa Rally Championship (ARC) that had at least 8 crews from across Africa -participate .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Racing in a  Mitsubishi Lancer EvoX  Mangat took his day one lead all the way to the podium on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"5591\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ugandas-jas-mangat-leading-in-pearl-of-africa-rally-as-fmu-partners-with-kiira-motors-to-off-shuttle-services-on-their-kayoola-electric-buses\/drivers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/drivers.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,608\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"drivers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/drivers.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/drivers.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/drivers-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/drivers.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/drivers.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/drivers.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/drivers.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Rally drivers enjoying the Kayoola  EVS- Kiira Motors &#8216; fully electric bus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mangat and his co driver Kamya  will now fly business class to Dubai courtesy of Uganda Airlines who were part of the sponsors  the two day event.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zambia&#8217;s couple Gomes Leroy Gabriel and Gomes Urshlla  driving a Ford Fiesta R5 came in second position  with a  time of 1:58.11. 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