The body of a Ugandan Olympic athlete who was set on fire by her partner is received by family
Activists and relatives of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei march calling for an end to femicide in the western city of Eldoret, in Rift Valley, Kenya September 13, 2024
THE BODY of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after being set on fire by her partner in Kenya, was received Friday by family and anti-femicide crusaders, ahead of her burial a day later.
Cheptegei’s family met with dozens of activists Friday who had marched to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital’s morgue in the western city of Eldoret while chanting anti-femicide slogans.
She is the fourth female athlete to have been killed by her partner in Kenya, in yet another case of gender-based violence in recent years.
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