Uganda on Saturday will lay to rest Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who died earlier this month after her partner set her on fire in the latest incident of horrific gender-based violence in Kenya.
The 33-year-old, who debuted this summer in the womens marathon at the Paris Olympics, succumbed to severe burns last week after being attacked by Dickson Ndiema Marangach.
The brutal assault shocked the East African region and prompted a global outpouring of tributes, with activists condemning another act of gender-based violence.
Rain fell as the athletes body crossed the Kenya-Uganda border late Friday afternoon ahead of the funeral in the familys village of Bukwo, some 380 kilometres (240 miles) northeast of Ugandas capital Kampala.
We are extremely saddened, said her estranged husband Simon Ayeko, with whom she had two daughters.
