Queen Kalimpinya agiye kwandika amateka muri WRC Safari Rally 2026

Umunyarwandakazi ugaragaza ubuhanga budasanzwe mu gutwara imodoka zisiganwa, Queen Kalimpinya, agiye kwandika amateka akomeye yo kuba Umunyarwandakazi wa mbere ugiye kugaragara mu isiganwa mpuzamahanga rya WRC Safari Rally 2026.

Iri siganwa, rimwe mu atoroshye kandi akomeye ku rwego rw’Isi (World Rally Championship – WRC), rizabera muri Kenya kuva tariki ya 12 kugeza ku ya 15 Werurwe 2026. Kalimpinya yatumiwe nk’Umunyarwanda rukumbi uzahagararira igihugu, nyuma yo kwitwara neza mu marushanwa yo mu Rwanda no muri Afurika (ARC).

Urugendo rugana ku nshingano nshya

Kalimpinya, wamenyekanye cyane muri Miss Rwanda 2017 aho yabaye igisonga cya gatatu, yishimiye aya mahirwe akomeye agiye kumuhesha guhangana n’abapilote bakomeye ku Isi.

Muri uyu mwaka wa 2026, Kalimpinya azakoresha imodoka nshya yo mu bwoko bwa Subaru Impreza WRX STi GVB, imaze gushyirwamo ibikoresho bigezweho bijyanye n’urwego rw’isiganwa rya WRC. Azaba afatanyije na Ngabo Olivier nk’umufasha we mu muhanda (navigator), umwe mu bazobereye muri uyu mukino mu Rwanda.

Iri tumirwa rije rikurikira ibigwi bitandukanye Kalimpinya amaze kugeraho

Shampiyona y’u Rwanda muri 2025, Kalimpinya na Ngabo Olivier begukanye Shampiyona y’u Rwanda ya Rally, aho Kalimpinya yahembwe nka Pilot of the Year.

Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally muri 2024, yitwaye neza aba umugore wa mbere waje mu myanya ya mbere mu isiganwa rya Shampiyona Nyafurika (ARC) ryabereye mu Rwanda.

Impano n’ubuvugizi, Kalimpinya ari mu bukangurambaga bwo gushishikariza abakobwa n’abagore kwinjira mu mikino yafatwaga nk’iy’abagabo, aho yashinze n’ishuri ryitwa Team Queen Academy ryo gutoza urubiruko gutwara imodoka zisiganwa.

Impinduka muri Safari Rally 2026

Isiganwa rya Safari Rally ntirikiri iry’ibilometero igihumbi (marathon) nk’uko byahoze, ariko umwuka waryo wo kugorana ntuhinduka; riracyafite umwanya w’isiganwa rya kaburimbo yuzuyemo ibinogo rikanganye cyane ku Isi.

Kuri ubu muri 2026, inzira y’isiganwa yagize impinduka zikomeye cyane. Itangizwa ry’ibirori (ceremonial start) na Kasarani Super Special i Nairobi byakuweho, ubu isiganwa rikaba rizabera gusa mu duce twa Naivasha.

Iyi mpinduka ishyira ikizamini cyo gutangira (Shakedown) ku wa Kane mu gitondo ahitwa Nawisa, isiganwa nyir’izina rigahita ritangira uwo mwanya nyine nyuma ya saa sita.

Ingorane zitegereje abakinnyi

Ku wa Gatanu ni umunsi wa marathon, ugizwe n’inzira irimo ibyiciro umunani (stages) biruhije, birimo no gusiganwa banyuranyije n’inzira isanzwe ya Camp Moran.

Ku Cyumweru, isiganwa rizasozwa basiganwa inshuro ebyiri mu gace ka Hell’s Gate kadasanzwe, aho hazabera Wolf Power Stage (icyiciro cy’ingenzi gitanga amanota y’ikirenga) mu gice cyiza cyane cy’imisozi miremire y’ikibaya cya Rift Valley.

Iri siganwa rya WRC Safari Rally 2026 rizaba ari amahirwe akomeye yo kumenyekanisha u Rwanda (Visit Rwanda) mu buryo bw’imyidagaduro n’imikino, dore ko rikurikiranwa n’abantu barenga miliyoni 400 ku Isi hose.