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Why legendary athletes are petitioning the Senate

Veteran athletes led by Mike Boit, after a consultative meeting in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, on April 19, 2025. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Athletics legends are making yet another move to seek support for aging sportsmen and women who carried Kenya's flag high, back in the days.

A plan by the men and women who laid the foundation and positioned Kenya as an athletics powerhouse during their prime converged in Eldoret on Good Friday to petition the Senate to prioritise their welfare.

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