Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said he is willing to give investment advice to Faith Kipyegon.
He said it is saddening to see people who have been successful and famous living in poverty after retirement.
The DP who was speaking at State House on Tuesday urged athletes to be prudent in investing the earnings they get from their accomplishments.
"Faith should you have a problem in knowing how you can invest what you are going to earn, I am available and a very prudent businessman. I can guide you around and make sure that you succeed," he said.
"I want to ask Faith Kipyegon, Ferdinand Omanyala and all others to look for ways of investing."
Gachagua added that by them investing prudently, it will be a success story for the Hustler Nation.
The DP also noted that he would have been an athlete had he known the money they make.
He said people from where he comes from, Mt Kenya region, did not know that athletics has a lot of money.
“I didn’t know that athletics has a lot of money because if I had known then I would have been the fastest man in the world,” Gachagua said.
Kenyan sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala, who was present, also congratulated Kipyegon on her victory.
Omanyala promised to bring home a medal in two months’ time during the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships set to take place in Budapest, Hungary.
