This archive report was first published on 22 October 2021.
On October 22, 2021, thousands of athletes, coaches, and residents of Eldoret town brought the Uasin Gishu capital to a standstill during a procession in honour of the late former World Cross Country champion Agnes Tirop.
Agnes Tirop, a two-time World Championships medallist, was found dead in her home in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County, last week. Her husband, Ibrahim Rotich, is the main suspect in her murder and was arrested in the coastal town of Mombasa on the same day.
Former world champions, including Julius Yego, Janeth Jepkosgei, Milcah Chemos, Eunice Sum, and Mary Keitany, led the procession from the Eldoret Hospital Mortuary to Kapnyamisa Primary School in Nandi County for a funeral service.
The procession, which lasted close to two hours, ended at 11:38am at Rivatex, along Kisumu Road in Eldoret town, before proceeding to the school for the requiem mass.
Agnes Tirop will be buried on Saturday in her parent's home in Kapnyamisa Village, Mosoriot, Nandi County.
