SEE HOW THE BODY OF ATHLETE AGNES TIROP WAS TAKEN HOME FOR BURIAL!!

For 30 minutes scores of athletes from Elgeyo Marakwet, Uasin Gishu, Nandi and Trans Nzoia counties walked through Eldoret town, momentarily halting business as they escorted the body of slain colleague Agnes Tirop. Agnes will be buried tomorrow Saturday, October 23, on her 26th birthday. She was born on October 23, 1995. By 9:30am the distraught athletes had gathered at the Eldoret Hospital mortuary. The numbers kept growing and by 10am when they left the morgue after brief prayers and viewing of the body it was time to leave for Kapnyamisa village in Nandi County. Some of them held a large banner with two pictures of the slain athlete emblazoned on both ends. At the centre of the white banner, the words 'End Gender violence’ stood out. Many of the athletes donned red t-shirts with the late Agnes Tirop’s picture, while another group was dressed in black. It was a blend of mourning and expression of anger. From Eldoret Hospital where Tirop’s body had been lying since Tuesday, the sportsmen and women walked slowly along the Eldoret-Uganda highway, singing hymns, before joining Oginga Odinga Street and later the Eldoret-Kapsabet-Kisumu road. Javelin champ Julius Yego led a group of athletes who walked on the sides, as police cleared large crowds that turned up to catch a glimpse of the procession. A white hearse carrying the remains followed the athletes. Onlookers said it was the largest number of athletes to throng Eldoret, the City of Champions. Near Hill School, the procession boarded vehicles for Nandi. The cortege comprised more than 200 cars. Kenya Digital News brings you the latest news as they happen in a DIGITAL way. For more news, subscribe to our YouTube Channel because the future is Digital. Click here to subscribe to our YouTube Channel:    / @kenyadigitalnews   #KenyaDigitalNews