Fresh from winning 1,500m silver medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, world 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot was today promoted.
Cheruiyot has been promoted to the Senior Superintendent of Prisons (SSP), from the rank of Chief Inspector.
Today, the Commissioner General of Prisons Wycliffe Ogallo said he had been directed by President Uhuru Kenyatta to promote Cheruiyot.
“I have been directed by His Excellency Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta that owing to your sterling performance in the just concluded Tokyo Olympic Games which you won a Silver medal in the 1,500 m race that in appreciation of the same, that gave honour and glory to our Nation you be instantly promoted to the rank of Senior Superintendent of Prisons. Hongera!” Commissioner General of Prisons Wycliffe Ogallo said.