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Anne Soy
BBC News, Nairobi
Senegal President Macky Sall has said he will stand down on 2 April when his term is due to end, but it is still unclear when The men’s marathon world record holder, Kelvin Kiptum, is due to be buried later on Friday at his home in Eldoret in western Kenya.
elections will be held to elect his successor. Kenyan President William Ruto will lead mourners in honouring a brilliant and promising athlete who set and broke records in his brief running career.
He said the date of the elections will Kiptum died in a car crash, aged only 24, two weeks ago.
depend on the planned national dialogue that is set to begin on Monday, and which includes civil society groups, political parties and candidates. Thousands have paid tribute to Kiptum in his hometown.
"On 2 April 2024 my mission as Crowds gathered along the way in Eldoret as the hearse was driven to his village ahead of the burial.
the head of Senegal comes to an end...I would like this debate to be clearly His career as an athlete was only just starting.
settled,” he said during a televised interview. In two years, he’d run three of the seven fastest marathons in history, broken the world record and set the London course record.
His announcement assuages fears that he He had set his sights on running a sub two-hour marathon in Rotterdam this April.
was planning to extend his term, amid a political crisis.
Mr Sall has been under pressure to
announce an election date since attempting to delay it earlier this month.
He had wanted to postpone the
elections to December so that disputes over the eligibility of other candidates
could be resolved.
But the country's top court said the
delay was unconstitutional, and called for the election to be held "as soon as
possible".
On Thursday, Mr Sall said he didn’t think
elections could be held before he steps down.
It’s unclear who would be leading the
country after Mr Sall’s mandate expires and before the elections are completed.
Mr Sall said he was certain there would not be a void.
He said he would consider freeing
his rivals, including opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, whose detention led to
nationwide protests last year.
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