In critical condition remains marathon runner Rebecca Chepteghi who was set on fire by her partner

The Marathonroad by , Rebecca Cepteghi, who participated in August, remains in critical condition in a hospital in western Kenya, three days after she burned more than 80%, when she was surrounded by gasoline by a man presented by police as her companion. Moi Teaching Referral Hospital (MTRH) Hospital in Eldorett, a large town in the Rift Valley, where the 33-year-old athlete is being hospitalized, did not issue today (4/9) an official announcement on the progress of Chepteghi’s health. However, a member of hospital staff spoke to the French Agency (AFP), subject to anonymity, saying her condition had deteriorated. “Chepteghi developed a bacterial sepsis due to severe stomach and lower body injuries,” she said. N.2 of the Ministry of Sports, Peter Toom, said he is in contact with his Ugandan counterparts and ensured that he “received the best available medical care”: “There are attempts to ensure that the athlete will be transferred to Nairobi for specialized treatment,” he said during the press conference to present the Nairobi Marathon. According to a police report the athlete’s Kenyan companion, Dickson Diema Marangah, entered her home in the town of Etempes, in Trance County, Sunday around 14:00 (time local), while the athlete and her children were in the church. When they returned, Dickson “put gasoline on Rebecca before setting the fire”, notes the report in detail, which adds that the man was also burned by the flames. The 33-year-old athlete, who was saved by neighbors, and her partner was initially treated with “multiple burns” in the nearest hospital, in the town of Kitale, before being transferred to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldorette, a large town in the Rift Valley. “At the point of the tragedy were found a 5-litre box, a bag and a black hat allegedly owned by Dickson and a burned cell phone owned by Rebecca,” explains the police report. Rebecca Chepteggi and Dickson Diema Marangah, were “a couple who had constant family disputes”, according to the police report. Source: RES-AE