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Slain Kenyan athlete Tirop's accused husband Ibrahim Rotich freed on bail

Ibrahim Rotich, a suspect in the murder of his 'wife' Agnes Tirop, an international athlete, in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County in October 2021, appears in Eldoret High Court on November 2,  2022.

Photo credit: Jared Nyataya I Nation Media Group

The husband of slain Kenyan distance running star Agnes Tirop was freed on bail on Wednesday after two years in custody over her killing.

Ibrahim Rotich was charged in November 2021 with the murder of Tirop, whose body was found with stab wounds at her home in the athletics training hub of Iten in western Kenya in October of that year.