All Set For Watendwa Fundraising Sprint
By Mwambazi Lawrence
“And here he comes… Samuel Watendwa! The man who turned a Toyota FX into a legend, who made a humble machine roar against giants, who now stands at the gates of destiny…”
If ever I took a mic at a rally event, this is how I’d introduce Samuel Watendwa ahead of the 21st September 2025 fundraising sprint at Festino Cite Racing Track in Mukono. And he wouldn’t be wrong. Because Watendwa’s journey is not just about racing it’s about stubborn belief
And If you live in Uganda and don’t know who Samuel Watendwa is, I can confidently say you’re not from Uganda you’re from outer space, possibly sharing a room with aliens. Because in our motorsport circles, this man is practically a household name. And come 21st September 2025, all engines, fans, and funny bones will converge at Festino Cite Racing Track in Mukono for what promises to be a double-billed spectacle: the 2nd Round of the National Sprint Championship and a massive fundraising event to help Watendwa finally get his dream ride a Subaru Impreza N14.
Now, let’s rewind a bit. Last Saturday, in true Ugandan style, friends, family, and well-wishers stormed his Kikoni garage for a “small get-together.” And by “small,” I mean the type of gathering where people raise millions but still somehow complain that the sodas finished early. Cash flowed, pledges flew (“I’ll give 500k… but after Arsenal wins”), and by the end of the night, the dream started to look less like a dream and more like a car showroom wishlist waiting to be fulfilled.
Watendwa’s story is the kind of motorsport script you’d expect Netflix to buy rights for. He kicked off his rally journey in 2013 with a Toyota Celica 185, drove it for two years, then leveled up to a Corona single door (yes, a car as rare as its name). After just one year, he moved on to the faithful Toyota FX, which became his signature machine. For nine long years, that FX has been his partner in crime, his daily headache, and his occasional heartbreak. Together with his co-driver Steven Bunya, they even clinched the 2019 WD Championship in that little warrior.
But here’s the catch every rally fan knows Watendwa has been giving us blockbuster entertainment in a car that, by all technical standards, belongs in a museum or a boda boda conversion workshop. He’s the kind of guy who’d line up against turbo-charged monsters, rev up his humble FX, and still deliver the crowd-pleasing daredevil antics that have fans leaping out of their camp chairs.
And now he says, “Enough is enough.” The man is ready for the big league, and the big league speaks only one language Subaru Impreza N14. Just pause for a second and imagine: Watendwa, the king of “how-is-he-even-doing-that?” finally in a car built to actually do that. The dust, the noise, the spectacle it’s going to be fireworks on wheels.
So, on 21st September, Mukono will not just host a race. It will host history in the making, a carnival of speed and generosity. Fans, fellow drivers, and even those aliens who don’t know him yet are all invited. Because when Samuel Watendwa straps into an N14, trust me, the rally world will need stronger helmets not just for drivers, but for fans whose jaws will be dropping all season long.
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