The Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba says the government will work closely with the family of Kelvin Kiptum to give the world marathon record holder a hero’s send off.
Kiptum and his coach Gervais Hakizimana died on Sunday night in a tragic road accident in Kaptagat, Elgeyo Marakwet County.
While addressing the press on Monday at the Talanta Plaza, Namwamba hailed Kiptum as a hero who put Kenya on the world map when he smashed the men’s marathon world record with a 2:00:35 run in Chicago in October last year.
Namwamba led a government delegation in welcoming Kiptum after his record breaking heroics in Chicago. It was on October 10, just two days after setting the world record that Namwamba awarded Kiptum Ksh5 million in line with the government’s new policy of awarding world record holders KSh5 million.
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