The body of a Ugandan Olympic athlete who was set on fire by her partner is received by family

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The body of a Ugandan Olympic athlete who was set on ***** by her partner is received by family

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The body of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei —

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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 ******* by her partner in Kenya in yet another case of gender-based ********* in recent years.

Viola Cheptoo, the founder of Tirop Angels – an organization that was formed in honor of athlete Agnes Tirop, who was stabbed to ****** in 2021, said stakeholders need to ensure this is the last ****** of an athlete due to gender-based *********.

“We are here to say that enough is enough, we are tired of burying our sisters due to GBV,” she said.

It was a somber mood at the morgue as athletes and family members viewed Cheptegei’s body which sustained 80% of burns after she was doused with gasoline by her partner Dickson Ndiema. Ndiema sustained 30% burns on his body and

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Ndiema and Cheptegei were said to have quarreled over a piece of land that the athlete bought in Kenya, according to a report filed by the local chief.

Cheptegei competed in the women’s marathon at the

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less than a month before the *******. She finished in 44th place.

Cheptegei’s father, Joseph, said that the body will make a brief stop at their home in the Endebess area before proceeding to Bukwo in eastern Uganda for a night vigil and burial on Saturday.

“We are in the final part of giving my daughter the last respect,” a visibly distraught Joseph said.

He told reporters last week that Ndiema was stalking and threatening Cheptegei and the family had informed police.

Kenya’s high rates of ********* against women have

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in towns and cities this year.

Four in 10 women or an estimated 41% of dating or married Kenyan women have experienced physical or ******* ********* perpetrated by their current or most recent partner, according to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2022.

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