Branch’s Dakar exploits sets up promising season
Friday, January 27, 2023 | 50 Views |
Pressing on: Branch faces a fresh challenge after the Dakar Rally PIC: BRANCH
The rider was unlucky to finish 26th in the general rankings at the race held in Saudi Arabia earlier this month.
The 26th finish at the Dakar Rally is the furthest Branch has finished at the Dakar Rally having finished in 13th place on his debut in 2019 and a 21st finish in his second appearance in 2020.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...