Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei is in ICU after her partner allegedly set her on fire, highlighting gender-based violence in Kenya.
Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei is in critical condition after her partner allegedly set her on fire in a shocking act of gender-based violence in Kenya.
Long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, was assaulted after her Kenyan partner Dickson Ndiema Marangach reportedly snuck into her home in Endebess in the western county of Trans-Nzoia at around 2:00 pm on Sunday while she and her children were at church, police said. They were transferred to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital , where Cheptegei was admitted to the intensive care unit on Monday.“Her condition looks serious with facial burns and bandages,” a MTRH staff member told AFP, requesting anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media.The Ugandan athlete and Marangach were a couple who “constantly had family wrangles”, the police report said.
It said women who had “been married are much more likely to have experienced violence”, noting that 41 percent of such women reported incidents compared to 20 percent of unmarried women.
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