The government has fulfilled its promise of building and furnishing a three-bedroom house for the late record holder Kelvin Kiptum ahead of his burial.
The house was built in Kiptum's hometown, Naiberi, in Uasin Gishu County, for his wife and children, while another home for his parents is still under construction in the same area.
President William Ruto had ordered the deceased world marathon champion to be given an appropriate send-off; the magnificent house was built in just a week.
Kenyans have been skeptical of the construction since the beginning and wondered about the kind of materials used during the construction. Still, according to experts, the project was delivered using light steel gauge technology, the fastest building technology currently in the construction market.
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The house was constructed in the area because Kiptum had bought land and planned to build his family home before his demise.
"We had a lot of plans with him. We were set to start a business and move to a new house...I asked him about the house we were about to build, and he said he was waiting for the county to approve the building plan and everything else would be done in six months," Asaneth Rotich, Kiptum's wife, recounted
