However, the Safari Rally despite getting the backing of FIA representatives must bite its time for the confirmation from Monaco-based motor sport governing body.

Following the return of Rally Turkey to the WRC in 2018, FIA announced plans to expand the calendar to 14 rounds in 2019 with the long-term objective of running 16 championship events.

The Safari Rally, Kenya's iconic motor rally event and the only one bidding from Africa to join the WRC, will have competition from 12 prospective proposals for events that have been put together, including candidate events in New Zealand, Japan and Chile. Other bids for WRC approval are from Croatia, Canada and Estonia.

"The WRC is definitely missing the zebras and buffaloes that were synonymous with the picturesque terrain of the Safari Rally back in the day. What we don't have today is a jungle rally or something akin to the Safari that's unique and different from the present day sprint events," Ciesla added.

The Safari Rally was last hosted as a WRC round in 2002. It was however, dropped from the series owing to lack of government support, sponsorship and safety concerns.

These are the areas the current Safari Rally Project Team has worked on to win over the FIA approval and readmission to the WRC starting in 2020.

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