‘Epidemic of violence’ against female athletes in Kenya

The murder of a Ugandan marathon runner returning from the Paris Olympics has “highlighted a horrific trend in Kenya”, he said. The Sunday Times.

Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, died of burns last week in Eldoret, western Kenya. Dickson Ndiema, her ex-partner, had “poured petrol on her and set her on fire” as she and her young daughters were collecting laundry from a washing line outside his home.