Men Sentenced to 35 Years for 2023 Murder of Athlete Benjamin Kiplagat in Kenya

The steeplechaser was stabbed to death on New Year’s Eve 2023 in Eldoret, western Kenya, a city where many top athletes live.

Uganda's Benjamin Kiplagat (L) competes during the World Athletic Championships at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing on Aug. 22, 2015. David J. Phillip/AP Photo

A Kenyan court sentenced two men to 35 years in prison on Nov. 4 for the 2023 murder of Ugandan Olympian Benjamin Kiplagat.

Peter Ushuru Khalumi, 30, and David Ekai Lokere, 25, were convicted of murdering the steeplechase specialist, who was fatally stabbed on New Year’s Eve in Eldoret, western Kenya.