Kenya running champions begin march for peace

[WorldNews]

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Top Kenyan athletes including former world marathon record holders Wilson Kipsang and Tegla Loroupe set off Wednesday on a 22-day "Walk for Peace" against ethnic violence, organizers said. Cattle rustling and revenge killings between rival communities are common in Kenya's remote and impoverished northern regions, an area awash with automatic weapons. The 836-kilometre (520-mile) walk is being organised by former Commonwealth marathon champion John Kelai, who is marching in memory of three of his uncles killed in cattle raids when he was a teenager.

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