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She was a double world 10,000m bronze medallist and 2015 world cross county champion and finished fourth in the 5,000m at the Tokyo Olympics this year. Tirop was killed just a month after she smashed the women-only 10km world record at an event in Germany. "When we got the news it was really saddening, because Agnes has been a good person since she was young and Agnes has never been in any conflict with anyone," added her brother Josephat Keter. Her mother Dinah Tirop spoke with sadness at the loss of her daughter, the family breadwinner who paid for children's school fees and clothes. Mourners, some in tears, gathered at the family home in the village of Kapnyamisa, which lies about two hours' drive from Iten.
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Athletics Kenya president Jackson Tuwei said Tirop's death was a "huge blow" to athletics, describing her as "one of the fastest rising stars" and voicing hope for speedy justice. Athletics Kenya said it was postponing events for two weeks in honour of Tirop and another runner who was found dead at the weekend of an apparent suicide. "Murder of a champ," was the front-page headline in Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper. Tributes have poured in for Tirop since her body was found with stab wounds in the bedroom of their home in Iten in western Kenya, a high-altitude training hub for many top-class athletes. Kinoti said Rotich was expected to appear in court on Friday, adding: "He will face charges once investigations are completed." Newspapers in Kenya reported that the couple were having marital problems. "He is in custody and he was arrested while fleeing," George Kinoti, the Director of Criminal Investigations, told AFP, as police issued pictures of the suspect in handcuffs. Emmanuel Rotich was nabbed in the coastal city of Mombasa over the death of the 25-year-old double world championships medallist and Olympian, who has been hailed as a rising star cut short in her prime. Yes.NAIROBI: Kenyan police on Thursday arrested the husband of record-breaking runner Agnes Tirop, who was stabbed to death in a killing that has shocked her home country and the world of athletics. “Do regional editions promote ethnicity or does ethnicity drive regional editions? Another way of asking this question is whether news media, which are businesses or corporate citizens, promote ethnicity at the expense of national unity. “This will translate into more sales and more money as well as help build brand identity, strength and loyalty in the regions.”īut Opanga says whatever their reasons the societal impact of this type of coverage is not net positive. “If people like to read about local news, then they are going to buy local news and, therefore, local editions,” says Opanga.
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This has been in response to declining readership, shrinking advertising revenues and escalating competition from a host of emerging digital media enterprises.
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Since 2014, large media houses in Kenya, including Nation Media Group that owns the flagship Daily Nation newspaper, Standard Media Group, owner of Standard, Radio Africa’s Star newspaper and The People daily have laid off hundreds of workers and shut down some newspaper brands.
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Newspapers in Kenya face the same economic pressures their counterparts face around the world as more readers seek free news and information on the internet. Ultimately, the key priority seems to be commercial interest. “People like to read about their region, their heroes or villains, their sports, their politics or what is close to them of affects them first before casting their eyes over the horizon so to speak.” Kwendo Opanga, a veteran journalist who has had senior editorial positions at Nation and Standard newspapers says both big papers are anchored on the idea that proximity matters when prioritizing news for readers. The front-page headline read “Save Our Beloved Country” and showed an unprecedented level of unity among media groups of differing political views. In January 2008, at the height of the post-election violence, major newspapers all published a similar front page urging citizens to come together and uphold peace. Kenya’s newspapers are aware of the influence they could potentially have on their readers. “People in Central Kenya, for instance, are more interested in news about President Kenyatta, the politicians in the region or on national policies that affect their issues like coffee farming.”