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Africa Live: Kiptum funeral - mourners flock to pay tribute to marathon hero - BBC News Africa Live: Kiptum funeral - mourners flock to pay tribute to marathon hero - BBC News
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Athletics Kenya President Jackson Tuwei wants the government to promise lasting financial security to top athletes, many of whom have just 10 to 15 years of being in their physical prime to capitalise on their talent. Listing the building work for various sporting facilities in Kenya, the country's sports minister Ababu Namwamba said: "I see no reason why we cannot add these Chepkorio grounds."
He urged MPs for come up with new laws that take care of "the heroes now and in the future", adding that they were ready to help in the drafting of that legislation. It comes after several others at Friday's funeral for Kelvin Kiptum had called for a stadium to be built in the athlete's hometown, to honour his memory and nurture future talent.
Mr Namwamba also said Kiptum was a great "symbol" of integrity because he passed his drugs tests, proving that: "You can run, you can win, you can shatter world records without
doping."
He went on to state his admiration for Kenya's athletes, telling them "you are the goose that lays
the golden egg.
"Our number-one export is not tea, not coffee, not tourism - it is these great sportsmen and women."
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