And as the clock ticks towards Rio Olympics, Ereng, Kelai and Ebuya’s historic performances will keep inspiring local athletes. Former World Cross Country champion Joseph Ebuya (right) with Daniel Ekiru Ekale. Another trail-blazer, Kelai, beat huge odds at his rural home to the pinnacle of global athletics, winning the Commonwealth Games marathon in New Delhi in 2010. Throw in 2010 world 5,000m bronze medallist Alice Aprot, Irene Limika, placed 20th at the 2009 World Championships marathon, road race veteran Elizabeth Ewoi and world cross country runner Jane Ekimat and the world will be left in awe. Turkana County, they say, is the latest African destination with huge petroleum deposits despite its unsuitability for arable farming.

Source: Standard Digital June 01, 2016 21:11 UTC