Nairobi — Rebeca Cheptegei’s former accomplice, Dickson Ndiema, has handed away at Moi Educating and Referral Hospital in Eldoret.
The hospital confirmed that Ndiema died Monday evening within the ICU, the place he had been receiving therapy.
Cheptegei, a Ugandan athlete and Olympian, succumbed to burn accidents days earlier on the identical facility.
Ndiema had attacked Cheptegei at her house in Trans Nzoia, dousing her with petrol and setting her on hearth, an incident that additionally resulted in his personal accidents.
Cheptegei sustained over 80 p.c burns, whereas Ndiema suffered greater than 30 p.c burns.
Cheptegei shall be accorded a navy funeral on Saturday in Uganda.
Her household confirmed that she was a member of the Uganda Individuals’s Protection Forces (UPDF) and can obtain full navy honors.
Officers from each Kenya and Uganda are anticipated to attend the funeral in Bukwo, Japanese Uganda.
A postmortem on Cheptegei’s physique is scheduled for Wednesday forward of the funeral.
Following the postmortem, MTRH will launch Cheptegei’s physique on Thursday morning from the place it is going to be transported to her Endebes house in Trans Nzoia for an evening vigil.
“She lived right here, and we need to give the area people time to pay their respects and supply prayers,” stated Mzee Cheptegei.
On Friday, the physique shall be transported to Bukwo, Uganda, for an additional in a single day vigil earlier than the burial on Saturday.