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Kericho Green Stadium to be renamed after legendary athlete Kiprugut Chumo, Fergerson Rotich to get a road

Kericho Governor Paul Chepkwony during the homecoming ceremony for Fergerson Rotich [photo/Nikko Tanui]

The county government will rename Kericho Green Stadium after  legendary  Kiprugut Chumo who won Kenya's first Olympic medal in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games while the 2020, 800M Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Fergerson Rotich to get a road named in his honour.

Speaking during the homecoming ceremony for Rotich, Kericho Governor Paul Chepkwony said his administration will honour the Olympic silver medalist by naming a public road after him.

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