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Why Kenya is World Half force

Wilson Kipsang Kamworor after winning in 2014 in Copenhagen. [AFP]

The World Half Marathon Championships, which was made a biennial event in 2010, share some sort of relationship with Kenya's politics.

Its inaugural contest, which Benson Masya chalked up victory, was staged in 1992 when the nation adopted multi-party system of governance.

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