Kemboi should think twice

They say fame comes with bonus but not every bonus is positive, sometimes some people can emerge just to put one’s success done.

This has happened to Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi, a Kenyan athlete winner of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2009 World Championships, the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

With Gold and Silver medals still Kemboi has not been able to stay far from scandals as Anne Njeri, a journalism student in Kenya alleged that the athlete attacked her when she declined his sexual advances in June this year.

Kenyans and people all over the world have taken the news differently even when the student decided to withdraw the charges willingly early this week.

It is with no doubt that Kemboi is a Kenyan Hero and some still believe that Njeri was used to destroy the athlete’s image. I think we are all speculating and she is the one who knows the truth.

My point is if Kemboi was really involved in the saga then he should find time and apologize to the young woman and he should not take this for granted because what goes around comes around.

Different newspapers in Kenya have reported that Njeri experienced a lot of suffering to herself and her family,who had felt ostracized from the community after bringing up the case againsttheir track ‘hero’.

However, being a hero does not mean harassing other people (if he did so). I think Kemboi who is a serving police officer in Eldoret should find a one on one section with Njeri and solve the matter at a family level and in a friendly way.

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