The funeral for Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who died in Kenya after being set on fire by her boyfriend, will be held on September 14 in her home country.
Beatrice Ayikoru, secretary general of the Uganda Olympic Committee and a member of the funeral organising committee, said the burial will hold in Kongasis sub county in Bukwo district (eastern Uganda), the location of Cheptegei’s family home and lies on the border with Kenya.
The 33-year old, who competed in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics last month, succumbed to severe burns on Thursday, four days after being doused with petrol and set alight at her home in western Kenya, by her Kenyan partner, Dickson Ndiema Marangach, who also suffered burns and is being treated in hospital.