The Kenya Motor Sports Federation is happy at the return of the Safari Rally as a World Rally Championship showpiece.
Supi Soin, the federation's chairman, said: “We want to get a WRC candidature event by 2019. The national competition rules (NCRs) are much stronger and clearer with stringent organiser obligations. It has been a difficult but rewarding task in trying to improve the status of the Kenya National Rally Championship series, which include the Safari Rally.”