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Thousands of mourners have gathered for the funeral of Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei.

The athlete died after being set on fire by her former boyfriend, and has now been buried in her father’s homestead in eastern Uganda.

As she was also a member of Uganda’s armed forces, soldiers carried the coffin and gave a three-volley salute…

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  1. Go well sister, our boy children and men need to be focused on to teach them to be responsible citizens; that girl child or women need to safe around them. They need to be challenged from certain stereotypes.

  2. Here in the USA October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month with purple being the color for awareness. I will remember Rebecca as well as others like my cousin who were brutally murdered by their partners. 😞 You did not deserve this. 💜

  3. Poor lady, so sad some men are very wicked may her soul rest in peace and may the Lord comfort her family , Amen the wicked never go unpunished may we never befriend our enemies Amen

  4. SO they HARD TO RISE for the Runner and yet hard to scape from their jealous and hateful individuals.

    They should supported financially and otherwise. It seems international organization for sport are NOT DOING ENOUGH.

  5. My deepest condolences to her family. May your soul Cheptegei rest in eternal peace with the lord. Women has always been seen as second class citizen in their own Country/ home. We need to educate the primitive people of these countries. Justice must be served.

  6. Wow….this is yet another sad story …i pray for all her loveones strength and comfort in this time of grief and for the days ahead that will not be easy …i can only imagine the pain and sorrow 😢

  7. Women are in great danger and we need to turn to Jesus Christ. Give your lives to Jesus and serve God in holiness by removing jewelry and makeup. Be holy because time is so short

  8. Africa should not have turned out to be western theory and show stop and return to feather of maat truth justice and righteous a conclude that should stop and government should stop shit of acquire theory don't.make sense

  9. You are still a soldier of all, You have demonstrated that you are strong in faith and we will never forget you rest in peace with all the truth angels, you did your best for all we loved you always. Peace BE.

  10. This is so sad. Sometimes we choose the wrong partners. We ignore ALL of the red flags 🚩. People must learn to leave amicably if they are not seeing eye to eyes. As the scripture says, in the last day, the hearts of men will be desperately wicked.

  11. That's some men for you. They feel they own our bodies, our wealth, our minds and our very lives. May her soul rest in perfect peace and the Almighty comforts her family members and love ones. May her life served as a reminder to all women, leave at first sign of abuse being lying, manipulations, emotional, psychological, physical and or financial. Go with your first gut instinct. Mother's, raise your sons to respect and value women. I make a conscious effort of this in raising my son. His wife will be happy about this and appreciate me for instilling this in him. This will go a long way in creating happy in-laws relationships, a happy home, healthy functioning children, etc. Raise your son keeping in mind that failure to instinct these values in him could mean misery for his wife and possibly his daughters. If you do not want that for your own daughters then prevent that for someone else's daughter ❤❤❤❤❤😊😊

  12. Please investigate for the truth.
    This was a plot by Ugandan government to eliminate her and take whatever she had accumulated.
    The second Ugandan athlete to be killed in kenya.