Uhuru Kenyatta fetes Eliud with State award

World marathon champion Eliud Kipchoke waves to the crowd as he walks alongside Sports CS Amina Mohamed during Mashujaa Day celebrations at the Mama Ngina Drive Waterfront yesterday. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]

Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge and an elderly woman who volunteered to cook for political prisoners during the struggle for independence were among 180 personalities honoured for their actions yesterday.

President Uhuru Kenyatta bestowed Kipchoge with the Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya (EGH), days after the 34-year-old became the first man to run a marathon in under two hours.