Caption for the landscape image: Who’ll be the new Nairobi City Marathon champion? Saturday, June 06, 2026 Scroll down to read the article Participants compete in the Nairobi City Marathon on July 6, 2025. Photo credit: Evans Habil | Nation Media Group By Bernard Rotich Reporter NMG Sport Summary Article Related What you need to know: The men’s race has drawn a number of athletes with impressive personal bests.The men’s and women’s winners in the full marathon will pocket Sh3.5million each. The fifth edition of the Nairobi City Marathon on Sunday will have a new champions in both the men’s and women’s 42km. Men’s champion Iten-based Benson Murkomen will not defend his title. He ran in the Osaka Marathon in February, finishing fourth. Nairobi City Marathon attracts 17,000 participants from 75 countries The annual competition has a total prize purse of Sh24 million. I'll build my parents a decent house, new Nairobi Marathon champ says Elgeyo Marakwet native plans to change his family's life with rich prize money. . Recommended for you PREMIUM Why Kenyans athletics stars are worried over 2028 Olympics PREMIUM McCarthy: The man who could have been in Bafana Bafana’s dugout PREMIUM Divided loyalties: McCarthy faces home nation as Harambee Stars eye historic victory PREMIUM Okwiri returns to battle undefeated Ghanaian for WBA title Login to join the discussion Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. In the headlines Elections News Counties Business Opinion Sports Life & Style Health Podcasts Photos Newsletters Puzzles PREMIUM Only 65 out of 21,000 schools headed by teachers below 35 years The number of young people heading primary schools remains low. PREMIUM COP31 in numbers: 428 Kenyans at Antalya climate summit The 428 represents about 29 percent jump from the 332 delegates Nairobi sent to COP30 in Brazil last year. PREMIUM Ruto woos teachers with multi-billion goodies He made the pronouncements amid longstanding concerns over career stagnation in the teaching profession.
Nairobi City Marathon attracts 17,000 participants from 75 countries The annual competition has a total prize purse of Sh24 million.
I'll build my parents a decent house, new Nairobi Marathon champ says Elgeyo Marakwet native plans to change his family's life with rich prize money.
PREMIUM Only 65 out of 21,000 schools headed by teachers below 35 years The number of young people heading primary schools remains low.
PREMIUM COP31 in numbers: 428 Kenyans at Antalya climate summit The 428 represents about 29 percent jump from the 332 delegates Nairobi sent to COP30 in Brazil last year.
PREMIUM Ruto woos teachers with multi-billion goodies He made the pronouncements amid longstanding concerns over career stagnation in the teaching profession.
