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Evans Chebet

Evans Kiplagat Chebet (born 10 November 1988)
Kondabilet, Rift Valley Province, Kenya

Sport Athletics
Event(s) Half marathon, Marathon

Chebet grew up the eight of nine children with few financial resources in Kenya – they could only afford to eat two meals a day – and his father, Kipyesang, was an accomplished runner before passing away from cancer at a young age.
on an interview he ones said "As a kid, life wasn’t easy. My father died when I was very young. I can’t remember him. My mom had to move away to find a job, leaving me with my uncle’s family. I’m from a large family and had to leave school early because we could no longer afford it. I started working, making charcoal and taking care of the cattle. "

Nowadays in my free time, I really enjoy going around my farm, supervising the maize and wheat and checking to see my animals are all fine. It is of course a business, but for me it is also a hobby.
In 2022, he became the third man this century to win both the Boston Marathon and New York City Marathon.
In September 2019, after finishing in the top six of every marathon he had finished, Chebet won his first international race, the Buenos Aires Marathon, in a time of 2:05:00. The year after, in March 2020, he won the Lake Biwa Marathon with 2:07:29. In December of the same year, he lowered his personal best by exactly two minutes and set a world lead when he won the 2020 Valencia Marathon in 2:03:00, kicking down Lawrence Cherono and winning by four seconds.

Chebet successfully defended his title at the 2023 Boston Marathon for his third consecutive World Marathon Major victory in a row.[4] He finished third at the 2016 Berlin Marathon.

Achievements

Representing Kenya
2011 Gargnano Dieci Miglia del Garda Gargnano, Italy 2nd 10 miles 50:53
2012 Porto Half Marathon Porto, Portugal 3rd Half marathon 1:01:59
2013 JoongAng Seoul Marathon Seoul, South Korea 6th Marathon 2:11:26
2014 Prague Marathon Prague, Czech Republic 2nd Marathon 2:08:17
JoongAng Seoul Marathon Seoul, South Korea 2nd Marathon 2:07:46
2015 Coamo San Blas Half Marathon Coamo, Puerto Rico 7th Half marathon 1:06:11
Prague Marathon Prague, Czech Republic 2nd Marathon 2:08:50
2016 Seoul International Marathon Seoul, South Korea 2nd Marathon 2:05:33
Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany 3rd Marathon 2:05:31
Ziwa 10 km Ziwa, Kenya 8th 10 km 29:30
2017 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 4th Marathon 2:06:42
Tilburg Ten Miles Tilburg, Netherlands 2nd 10 miles 45:05.4
Valencia Marathon Valencia, Spain 2nd Marathon 2:05:30
2018 Boston Marathon Boston, MA, United States — Marathon DNF
Ziwa 10 km Ziwa, Kenya 17th 10 km 29:20
2019 Milano City Marathon Milan, Italy 2nd Marathon 2:07:22
Buenos Aires Marathon Buenos Aires, Argentina 1st Marathon 2:05:00
2020 Lake Biwa Marathon Ōtsu, Japan 1st Marathon 2:07:29
Valencia Marathon Valencia, Spain 1st Marathon 2:03:00
2021 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 4th Marathon 2:05:43
2022 Boston Marathon Boston, MA, United States 1st Marathon 2:06:51
New York City Marathon New York, NY, United States 1st Marathon 2:08:41
2023 Boston Marathon Boston, MA, United States 1st Marathon 2:05:54

World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place 2022 Boston Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2022 New York Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2023 Boston Marathon
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Berlin Marathon

He is married to Lilian Chepkemei, and together the two enjoy working on their farm in Kenya, harvesting wheat and corn while taking care of their three children.

Upgrading of Eldoret town to a City
The country may warm up to more cities
The Urban Areas and Cities Act provides criteria for classifying cities as opposed to the traditional political ‘rewards’ to upgrade urban areas in return for votes in General Elections.
The Urban Areas and Cities Act seeks to give effect to Article 184 of the Constitution which provides for the, classification, governance and management of urban areas and cities.
Other objectives are to provide for the criteria of establishing urban areas, principle of governance and participation of residents and for connected purposes.
Before classification as a a town has to meet
1.have infrastructural facilities like
a.Roads,
roads in and streets in Eldoret
A
Arap Moi Street
C
County Assembly Road
(service)
D
Dharma Road
E
Eastern AvenueElgeyo Road
(tertiary)Elijah Cheriyot Street
F
Farmers Street
H
Harambee Road
K
Kago StreetKambi Somali
(tertiary)Kenyatta StreetKerio Valley Road
(secondary)Kimalel StreetKimathi AvenueKitale - Cherangani Road
(secondary)Kitondo Street
M
Makasembo RoadMarket StreetMinor RoadMitaa Road
(tertiary)Moi StreetMuliro Street
N
Nandi Road
(tertiary)
O
Oloo Street
(tertiary)
R
Ronald Ngala Street
S
Sirikwa RoadSixty Four StreetSosian StreetStadium RoadStation RoadStendi Kisa - Yala Road
(trunk)
U
Uhuru StreetUtalii Street
W
Waiganjo Street

b.street lighting,
Eldoret town has street lights

c.markets,
markets in eldoret town
Langas Market
open from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Kisumu Ndogo Road, Eldoret.

Kipkaren Market
Operating hours: Kipkaren Market opens Monday to Saturday from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Sogomo Market
Operating hours: Sogomo Market is open from Monday to Sunday from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.
Location: At Sogomo, Kitale-Cherangani Road, Eldoret.

Gardens Picks Farm Produce
Operating hours: Gardens Picks is open Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Plateau Road, Eldoret.

Kahoya Market
Operating hours: Kahoya Market is open from Monday to Saturday from 6:30 am to 6:00 pm.
Location: Eldoret-Kitale Road, Eldoret.

West Market
Operating hours: West Market is open Monday to Sunday from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Location: Mitaa Road, Eldoret

Cheptiret Market
Operating hours: All these great services are available Monday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Cheptiret, Eldoret, Kenya

Kapseret Vegetable Market
Operating hours: Kapseret Vegetable Market is open from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm, Monday to Sunday.
Location: Kisumu Road, Kapseret, Eldoret

d.Fire stations
UASIN GISHU FIRE BRIGADE SWIFT RESPONSE
Eldoret Private Investigators - LY Detectives
EUDWIN COMPANY LIMITED
Fire Masters Kenya
Firemasters Industrial Appliances

e.waste disposal and

f.disaster management capacity.

They must also have integrated development plans and demonstrate capacity to generate sufficient revenue to sustain operations.
Other requirements include a demonstrable good system and records of prudent management and capacity to effectively and efficiently deliver essential services to residents.
The urban areas must also have populations of at least 500,000 residents as per the final gazetted results of the last population census. eldoret have atleast 193830

There should also be institutionalised active participation by residents in the management of affairs.
Before conferment by the President, the board of a municipality may pass a resolution and apply to the county executive committee for consideration.

If the county executive committee approves the application, the Governor must constitute a committee to consider the proposal and advise.
The committee comprises of relevant professionals in good standing nominated by the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya, Kenya Institute of Planners and Law Society of Kenya.

Others are the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya, business community and an association of urban areas and cities.

Legally, when the committee concurs that the municipality meets the criteria for classification as a city, the governor submits the recommendation to the county assembly for approval.

If approved, the clerk of the county assembly will be required to forward the resolution to the Senate for consideration.

Senate Approval

Lastly, when the Senate approves the recommendation, the clerk should send the resolution to the President for conferment of city status. For participation of residents in the management of cities, the Act provides for citizen fora which empower them to deliberate and make proposals on provision of services.

They can also participate in proposing issues for inclusion in policies and legislation, annual budget estimates of the county and national budget.

Nevertheless, even as the Urban Areas and Cities Act provides for the process of conferment of city status, not many towns will live up to expectations, if history is anything to go by.

Even after fulfilling the requirements, the President may on resolution of the Senate confer city status.

My big Question is are we ready as a nation to have another city ?
Are we running too fast as a nation on upgrading towns to cities ?

Remember we still have a young city
Nakuru city which i think is yet to get to peoples mind as a city

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Eldoret removed a controversial statue resembling Faith Kipyegon overnight due to public criticism, ahead of its elevation to city status.
Kenyans on social media put the Uasin Gishu county government on the spot over a statue unveiled in Eldoret
The statue of a female athlete holding the Kenyan flag was erected to celebrate the attainment of city status
Alleged Faith Kipyegon statue
An uproar erupted in Eldoret after the Uasin Gishu county unveiled several thematic monuments as part of beautification to welcome the city's status for the town.

The uproar erupted especially through social media after the monuments were unveiled only for residents to question the workmanship of the sculptors.

Sources said a top government official was angered by the monuments and ordered that they either be uprooted or replaced.
CEO of the Eldoret Municipal Board Tito Koiyet could not be reached for comment immediately.
Pictures of the monuments went around on social media sparking an uproar and backlash against the county administration and the Eldoret Municipal Board.

Another monument of a green maize crop had been erected on the Telecom roundabout but it was also pulled down because it reportedly bore the image of a discoloured maize cob.

Following the uproar, it has been uprooted and replaced with one that looks green.

Firms contracted to put up the monuments are currently on site uprooting them ahead of President Ruto's event to hand over the city charter to Governor Jonathan Bii.

The majority of residents said they had been taken aback by the work done on the monuments which have been erected at several strategic roundabouts in the town's CBD.

One of the monuments erected at the Fims junction was that of an athlete whose resemblance could not be identified yet the town has hundreds of well-known veteran and current record-breaking athletes.
Residents led by Kipkorir Birgen said in an online post that, “these are monuments of shame and the county could have done better.”

Birgen said the monuments do not reflect the city’s newfound status.

Ata mtu alichonga hii anafaa whips mingi sana
This is the mediocrity that we want to refuse

Abraham kibiwot

Born 4 June 1996 (28yrs old)
He was born in Uasin Gishu, Kenya
Height: 1.73 m
Weight: 58kgs

Sport Track and field
Abraham Kibiwot is a Kenyan steeplechase runner

He made his international debut at the 2013 African Youth Athletics Championships, taking fifth in the 2000 meters steeplechase event.
2013 participate in African Youth Championships in Warri, Nigeria finished 5th in 2000 m at 5:53.90

Raised his profile in 2015 first by winning the Kenyan junior trials and the gold medal at the 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships, seeing off Ethiopia's reigning Youth Olympic champion Wogene Sebisibe Sidamo in Addis Ababa.

Same yr 2015
He capped that season with a personal best of 8:22.10 minutes at the London Diamond League meet, ranking as the second-fastest under-20 athlete that year

2016
Made his breakthrough into the senior ranks. That year he was prominent on the 2016 IAAF Diamond League, starting with a personal best of 8:09.25 minutes to place third in Doha. He moved second in Beijing and won his first race at Athletissima in Lausanne.

He also took fifth place at the Herculis and Memorial Van Damme meets. He was the seventh-fastest steeplechaser that year.

Kibiwot ran at the 2016 Athletics Kenya Olympic Trials but withdrew from the final.

He was, however, selected for the 2016 African Championships in Athletics, where he won his first major medal – a bronze

2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia finished 2nd in 3000 m in time of 8:10.62
2019 participated in World Championships in Doha, Qatar finished 7th in 3000 m in 8:08.52

2021 participated in Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan finished 10th in 3000 m in 8:19.41
2022 participate in World Championships in Eugene, United States finished 5th in 3000 m in 8:28.95

2023 participated in World Championships in Budapest, Hungary finished 3rd in 3000 m in 8:11.98

2024 Olympics

At Paris Olympics, He earned a bronze medal in the 3000 m steeplechase, nearly catching American Kenneth Rooks in the process. his time was 8:06.47, while Rooks was only six hundredths of a second ahead at 8:06.41.

Personal bests
3000 metres – 7:56.05 (2021)
5000 metres – 14:10.8 (2015)
2000 metres steeplechase – 5:53.90 (2013)
3000 metres steeplechase – 8:05.51 (2023)

He is happily married and has a daughter Angle Kyla Chemutai. born in 2024 august

Hellen Obiri
Hellen Onsando Obiri
Born 13 December 1989(35YRS )
From Kisii in South-Western Kenya
She is the fourth child in a family of six children
she was recruited as a 200 and 400 metres sprinter At age 14yrs to to attend Riruta Central Secondary School in Nairobi.
Lost interest in the sport and stopped running altogether in 2006 and 2007 to focus on her studies.
Re-engaged with athletics to join the military. In 2009,
graduated from Kenya Defence Forces Recruit Training School in Eldoret. Her first major race was at the 2010 Kenya Armed Forces F Cross Country Championships, where she finished 32nd. She placed fifth after some training the following year.
In 2011 gained her first international experience at the 2011 Military World Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she won the bronze medal for the 800 metres and placed fourth in the 1500 metres.
She debuted in the World Championships in Athletics held in 2011 in Daegu, South Korea the following month, competing at the latter distance. Set a personal best time of 4:07.59 in the heats but fell in the final, bringing pre-event favourite Morgan Uceny down with her, and finished 10th.Came back to Kenya and started training seriously.
At the of 22-year-old,in 2012 took her first global title at the Istanbul World Indoor Championships, clocking 8:37.16 over the 3000 metres. This became the turning point of her career.
In the same yr She debuted in the Olympics at the London Games, finishing initially 12th and last in the 1500 m final, upgraded to eighth after subsequent doping disqualifications
On 1 June 2013, she won her first Diamond League race with 1500 m victory in USA's Eugene, setting a new personal best and meet record of 3:58.58
She earned bronze in the event at the World Championships in Athletics held in August in Moscow same yr

At the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland, behind multiple world record-holder Genzebe Dibaba she earned the silver medal in the 3000 m

at the Doha Diamond League, on 9 May2014 she set an African record in the outdoor event with a time of 8:20.68, improving her personal best by more than 13 seconds.
In August,2024 she added 1500 m title at the African Championships.
2016 Rio Olympics, she competed in the 5000 metres and earned the silver medal in a time of 14:29.77, behind compatriot Vivian Cheruiyot in an Olympic record of 14:26.17 and ahead of Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana who ran 14:33.59.
2017 she represented Kenya at the World Championships in London in the same event and won the gold medal with a time of 14:34.86, ahead of Ayana and Sifan Hassan
2018 saw her take two more gold medals in the 5000 m events, at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and at the African Championships.
n March 2019, Obiri won the senior women's race at the World Cross Country Championship held in Aarhus, Denmark, beating on a 10.2 km course second-placed Dera Dida by two seconds with a time of 36:14. After she posted best female times of the year in the 5000 metres in 2017 and 2018, Obiri successfully defended her title at the Doha World Championships in October, setting a championship record of 14:26.72 in the process. Her compatriot Margaret Kipkemboi (14:27.49) and Konstanze Klosterhalfen (14:28.43) finished second and third, respectively.
2020 she represented Kenya at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in both the women's 5000 m and 10,000 m events. She won the silver medal at the former in a time of 14:38.36, finishing behind only Hassan who ran 14:36.79; Gudaf Tsegay took bronze in 14:38.87.Obiri placed fourth in the 10,000 m final in a personal best

2022 At the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Obiri came second in the 10,000 m. She was beaten to gold by Gidey in a close finish (the top 3 were only separated by 0.13 s)

She capped her fine 2022 season (64:22 PB at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in February; wins at Istanbul Half Marathon, Great Manchester Run and Great North Run) in November debuting in the marathon at the New York City Marathon, where she placed sixth.

2023 She got her 2023 campaign off to strong start. In February, she won the RAK Half and then the New York City Half Marathon in March.
On 17 April, the 33-year-old ran her second marathon, competing in the Boston Marathon against the deepest elite women’s field ever assembled. She won with a personal best time of 2:21:38, 12 seconds clear of second-place finisher Amane Beriso who had by far the fastest personal best heading into the race (2:14:58).
She went on to win the 2023 New York City Marathon in a time of 2:25:49.

2024 participate in Boston Marathon Boston, MA, United States place 1st time record 2:22:27

Olympic Games Paris, France Marathon placed 3rd record 2:23:10

She is the only woman to have won world titles in indoor track, outdoor track and cross country.
she is a two-time Olympic 5,000 metres silver medallist from the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she also placed fourth over the 10,000 metres.

She is a two-time world champion after winning the 5,000 m in 2017 and again in 2019, when she set a new

is the former Kenyan national record holder for the mile and the 5000 metres. Both those records were only recently broken by Faith Kipyegon(had written her story earlier this week ) on her way to setting the current mile World Record of 4:07.64 set in Monaco on 21 July 2023.

She was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2017

She is married to Tom Nyaundi, a former runner, and they have a daughter, Tania 'Blessing' Macheche, born in May 2015 through caesarean section.

Coached by Dathan Ritzenhein (2022–)
Ricky Simms (–2022)

Hellen Obiri is the 2,329th most famous person globally, down from 1,961st in 2022
Net worth: $5 million

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