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Divided loyalties: The couple eyeing glory for Kenya and Uganda

Divided loyalties: The couple eyeing glory for Kenya and Uganda

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Uganda Monitor
Published on 2024-07-13 16:04:55

When this year’s Olympic Games get underway on July 26 in the French capital, one couple’s marriage will be tested in the ‘city of love’.

As Kenya’s 5,000 metres runner, Ronald Kwemoi, plots to win gold in the race that has eluded the country for 36 years, his Ugandan wife, Stella Chesang, will be looking to make history as the first woman to win gold in the marathon for her nation after many years as a long-distance runner.

Kenya and Uganda are sporting rivals and that ‘enmity’ will also be on show at the Olympics, leaving Kwemoi and Chesang in a dilemma, whether to…

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