Nekusa: A revolutionary to present-day pacenotes
Saturday January 30 2021
Speed control. Hirji and Nekusa in during the Pearl of Africa Uganda Rally in 1996. Photos/FILE & J. Batanudde
Summary
Sweet fate. Frank Nekusa was in Mitchell Hall, Makerere University, when Amos Mugisha’s co-driver sought the student’s help after his in-law had abandoned the cockpit. Nekusa accepted. A love with the fast cars blossomed instantly.
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When Frank Nekusa joined the late Charles Muhangi for the 2002 Kenya Safari Rally, they were supposed to be a footnote on a page that was to be dominated by drivers pursuing World Rally Championship (WRC) points.