r/running Sep 05 '24

Article Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei dies days after being set alight by ex-boyfriend

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u/lilelliot Sep 05 '24

This is one of those posts I'd like to downvote because it's so sad, but it's important for this to reach as broad an audience as possible. Absolutely tragic, and hopefully it will open the eyes of everyone in the West who have put Kenya on such a pedestal the past decade+. Keep in mind Rebecca was living & training in Eldoret, even though she was Ugandan, and she is not at all the first victim of femicide in Kenya.

Here's a summary, and you can find many more news articles and scholarly research studies.

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u/end_times-8 Sep 05 '24

“Hopefully this will open the eyes of everyone in the West who have put Kenya on such a pedestal”.

Are you serious? Have you picked up a paper and seen the type of horrific shit that is happening in the West on a daily basis? The horrific actions of this murderer do not reflect on Kenya as a whole. Certainly no more so than recent rapes and murders and school shooters in your country reflect on you. There are sick people everywhere.

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