The family of Burnt Ugandan Athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has changed their burial plans a day after the boyfriend succumbed to his injuries in Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.
According to reports by the family, burial plans for the Ugandan athlete have been changed over her state of the body after advise from medics at the Moi Referral facility after she sustained more than 80 per cent burns.
Mzee Joseph Cheptegei, father of the late athlete while speaking to the press noted that he had been informed that the state of the body will not be able to stay out of the morgue for two days as earlier planned.
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Burial plans by the family had stated that the body be removed from Moi Morgue facility on Thursday but after the medics advise, the body of the late athlete will be removed from the morgue on Friday.
Additionally, the body of Cheptegei will not be taken to Trans Nzoia as they had planned earlier but will be moved directly to Bukwo in Uganda for burial on Saturday due to the burns sustained.
According to Mzee Cheptegei, the distance between Endebes and Bukwo in Uganda is about two-hour drive and therefore the athlete’s body will be transported by road means to their home in Uganda.
This comes just a day after Rebecca Cheptegei’s boyfriend also succumbed to his injuries at the Moi Referral Hospital, after sustaining 30% of the burns while he tried to douse more petrol on the already burning athlete at the time.
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The athlete will be given a state Military burial in Uganda on Saturday since she was a member of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) despite her career in athletics