President William Ruto has said that his government will award all record breakers Kshs 5,000,000.
Speaking today morning at State House Nairobi, the head of state after rewarding the double World record holder Faith Kipyegon with Sh5 million and a house worth Sh6 million insisted that there is need to support sportsmen and women in the country.
“She has won and broken two world records in 1500 meters in Florence Italy and 5000 in Paris, France. The government of Kenya is going to award her a total of Sh5 million for one record and we are going to give her a house worth Sh6 million for the other record,” Ruto said.
The President added that it will be the same for all the other world record breakers that will come after Faith Kipyegon.
“I have also asked the ministry that the government of Kenya should review the reward scheme so that we can recognise and reward appropriately the men and women who attain excellence in sports, arts and creative economy,” Ruto said.
A week after breaking the 1500m world record in Florence, Kipyegon etched her name into the record books for 5000m, winning in 14:05.20.
Ahead of the race, the world and Olympic champion hadn’t made too much noise about a possible world record attempt in 5000m.