Thousands gathered for the military funeral of Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei in Uganda after she was killed by her partner in Kenya. The incident has sparked renewed calls for greater protection for female athletes facing violence and exploitation.
Members of the Uganda People's Defence Force carry the casket of Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei before her burial in Kapkoros, Bukwo district, Uganda , on Saturday 14 September.Members of the Uganda People's Defence Force carry the casket of Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei before her burial in Kapkoros, Bukwo district, Uganda , on Saturday 14 September.
“As a nation, we are indeed in a black and dark moment,” said Ajilong B Modestar, the Bukwo resident district commissioner. “We condemn in the strongest terms the manner in which Rebecca died … We should not continue battering women in this manner.”in the attack by Dickson Ndiema, who doused her in petrol at her home in western Kenya’s Trans-Nzoia County on 3 September. Ndiema sustained 30% burns on his body and later succumbed to his injuries.
Cheptegei’s body was returned to Uganda on Friday in a sombre procession after a street march by dozens of activists in the western Kenyan town of Eldoret who demanded an end to violence against female athletes.Cheptegei is the fourth female athlete to have been killed by her partner in Kenya in a worrying pattern of gender-based violence in recent years. Kenya’s high rates of violence against women have prompted several marches this year.
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