Female athletes and gender activists have gathered in Eldoret for a major procession to escort the body of athlete Rebeca Cheptegei.
The procession is also part of the fight against femicide and GBV that has led to the death of several top runners in the recent past.
They have been joined by human and women rights activists in a match from Zion Mall in the town to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital morgue.
The family of Cheptegei will also be in the procession to the MTRH hospital morgue where her body will be removed and escorted to her home at Endebes in Trans Nzoia.
The event is organised by a group calling itself End Femicide Kenya Movement which has been agitating that being a woman should not be a death sentence.
Female lawyers have also joined the call to fight femicide and will be part of the sensitisation procession in Eldoret.
Lawyer Mercy Rutto said they were alarmed by increased cases of femicide and GBV targeting mostly female athletes.
“We will take action to help protect and enforce the rights of women to life, especially the athletes," she said.
The women have listed recent cases of athletes who were murdered in the region including Edith Muthoni, Damaris Mutua, Agnes Tirop and the latest case of Cheptegei.
Cheptegei's body will be taken to her home at Bukwo in Uganda.
She will be accorded a military burial by the UPDF on Saturday.
