There are Kenyan voices crying out in the wilderness

Kenyan athlete William Mutai, who's been stranded in Mexico. [Courtesy]

Attracted by numerous races in foreign countries, little-known athletes from Kenya flew to Mexico, some 14,976km in search of greener pastures. 

Determined to carve out a niche in marathon races, majority of them landed in the Latin American country in March, but days later, cancellation of races and flights in the global fight against the Coronavirus pandemic, heralded trouble for the Kenyan athletes.