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State quietly compensates victims of Mashujaa Day stampede as burials begin

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Dorine Chepkurui was buried at Bagao village in Ainamoi constituency. [Courtesy]

The government has extended support to the families that lost their loved ones during the stampede at Kericho Green Stadium on Mashujaa Day.

As emotional burials for the victims commenced, the first to be laid to rest was 24-year-old Doreen Chepkurui, a former student at Eldoret Technical Training Institute, who found her final resting place in Bagao village, Ainamoi constituency.

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