The expected return of legendary athlete, Henry Rono, back home has been received with anxiety and scepticism in his home village of Kaptarago, Kabirirsang Location, Nandi County. Rono, 67, is one of Kenya’s greatest and celebrated athletes and one of the sons of Kabirirsang Village in Nandi County, where athletics and education are valued in equal measure. The 2008 Beijing Olympics 800m gold medalist, who is an uncle to Henry Rono, says as a family, they wanted him to return at least to see his grandchildren grow. Rono has severally made similar public pronouncements on his interests to return home but all has been in vain. Henry Rono was in July 1978 decorated with the Order of Burning Spear (OBS) by the late President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta at State House, Mombasa, days before he passed on.

Source: The Star March 22, 2019 05:51 UTC