Man emerges to lay claim to Cheptegei's remains as family makes burial plans
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Joseph Cheptegei (left) and Agnes Cheptegei (right), the parents of the late Ugandan marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei, speak to the media at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret on September 05, 2024.
Her ex-boyfriend who was also admitted at the MTRH with 41 percent burns also succumbed on Monday evening.
Rebecca Cheptegei, Ugandan women’s marathon record holder, who died after being set alight by her ex-boyfriend, will be given a soldier’s farewell when she is buried at her father’s home at Kapkoros in Bukwo District Uganda on Saturday.
The fallen Olympian was a sergeant in the Uganda People’s Defence Forces. Yesterday, Uganda Athletics Federation Secretary General Beatrice Ayikoru said that preparations for the burial were almost complete.
