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Ugandan athlete, Cheptegei hospitalised after boyf...

Ugandan athlete, Cheptegei hospitalised after boyfriend set her on fire

Zim Now Writer 

Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, is in a critical condition after being doused with petrol and set on fire by boyfriend.

Trans Nzoia County Police Commander, Jeremial Ole Kosiom said Ndiema also sustained burn wounds. The two are receiving specialised treatment at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret city.

A report submitted by the local chief indicates that the couple had a heated argument over the ownership of the land on which the house stood, shortly before the fire broke out.

Her parents said their daughter bought land in Trans Nzoia to be near the county' many athletic training centres

In 2023, Ugandan Benjamin Kiplagat, an Olympic runner and steepchaser was found dead with stab wounds.

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