Travelling back to his base in Nandi County on Saturday after watching the National Cross Country Championships at Nairobi’s Uhuru Gardens, Abraham Mutai’s mind was fixated on Wednesday’s Valentine’s Day party. Disinterested.”A painful caning followed, punishment that effectively launched Koech’s athletics career. Some runners did, but Koech’s mother wouldn’t let him shift allegiance. PHOTO | COURTESY |Driven to mitigate the hardships youths back in Nandi County faced, which he endured, pre-university, Koech launched the Landson Foundation in 2012 to help open up opportunities for the less fortunate. Alfred Koech presented his mother with a gift of the Mercedes Benz car pictured.

Source: Daily Nation February 11, 2018 04:30 UTC