{"id":338131,"date":"2024-09-10T11:09:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T10:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=338131"},"modified":"2024-09-10T11:09:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T10:09:34","slug":"man-who-set-ugandan-olympian-cheptegei-on-fire-dies-in-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/09\/10\/man-who-set-ugandan-olympian-cheptegei-on-fire-dies-in-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who set Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei on fire dies in hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Marangach died from injuries he sustained when he doused his girlfriend with petrol before setting her ablaze<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dickson Ndiema Marangach, the boyfriend of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died, the Kenyan hospital treating him said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Marangach died from injuries he sustained when he doused his girlfriend with petrol before setting her ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>Marangach assaulted Cheptegei in her home in western Kenya on September 1. The mother-of-two sustained 80 percent burns and died last week.<\/p>\n<p>In the course of the attack, Marangach also incurred 30 percent burns and was being treated in the intensive care unit at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in the Rift Valley city of Eldoret.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s true we lost Dickson Ndiema last night at about 8:00 pm,\u201d an official at the hospital\u2019s communications department told AFP, requesting anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the press.<\/p>\n<p>The official said his family had been informed, and a \u201ccomprehensive statement\u201d would be released later.<\/p>\n<p>The attack on the 33-year-old Cheptegei has been greeted with sorrow and anger as yet another horrific example of gender-based violence in the East African country.<\/p>\n<p>At least two other athletes have lost their lives at the hands of their partners since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Cheptegei is due to be buried on September 14 near her family home in eastern Uganda, according to the country\u2019s Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The attack, which local media said was witnessed by Cheptegei\u2019s daughters, came just weeks after she made her Olympic debut in the women\u2019s marathon at the Paris Games, where she finished 44th.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Marangach snuck into her home in Endebess, near the border with Uganda, while she was at church with her children.<\/p>\n<p>Her father, Joseph Cheptegei, told reporters the dispute with Marangach had been over the property where she lived with her sister and daughters.<\/p>\n<p>He told Kenyan media last week that Marangach had bought five litres of petrol and then hid out in a chicken coop before the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe poured the petrol and lit her on fire. When she called her sister to help, he threatened her with a machete and she ran away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The police said the couple had \u201cconstantly had family wrangles\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Violence against women is widespread in Kenya, which saw 725 femicide cases in 2022 alone, according to the latest UN figures.<\/p>\n<p>A 2023 report by Kenya\u2019s National Bureau of Statistics found 34 per cent of women had experienced physical violence since the age of 15.<\/p>\n<p>Cheptegei\u2019s death follows that of record-breaking Kenyan runner Agnes Tirop in 2021 and Kenyan-born Bahrain athlete Damaris Mutua the following year.<\/p>\n<p>In both cases, their ex-partners were implicated in their deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Tirop\u2019s estranged partner, who denies murdering her, is on trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marangach died from injuries he sustained when he doused his girlfriend with petrol before setting her ablaze Dickson Ndiema Marangach, the boyfriend of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died, the Kenyan hospital treating him said on Tuesday. 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