A billboard of Hellen Obiri erected along Kisii streets. She has been recognised as a heroine by the Kisii County Government ahead of this year's Mashujaa Day national celebrations to be held at Gusii stadium on October 20, 2020.
Motego joined National Super League side Shabana FC in the year 1983 as a striker as a Form One student at Cardinal Otunga Mosocho High School and guided the Kisii side to seal promotion to Kenya’s top football league.
His national team high-point was when he scored twice in the famous 3-1 thumping of giants Algeria at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani in a World Cup qualifier.
Former Kenyan international footballer Henry Motego and World Athletics reigning 5,000 metres champion, Hellen Obiri, will be recognised as heroes and heroines by the Kisii County Government during Mashujaa Day celebrations at Gusii Stadium Tuesday.
Also to be recognised in a list of 24 are athletics legends Yobes Ondieki, and the late Nyantika Mayioro.
