a family in mourning for a rising athletic star long distance Runner Rebecca chapay had represented Uganda at several International competitions including the Paris Olympics chay's relatives say her death was a culmination of a bitter land dispute with her estranged boyfriend he's accused of dowsing her with kosene and setting her a light her children were there at the time I blame the government because we reported the abuses and threats my daughter was getting from the man we told the police about the harassment doctors tried to save her she had a severe BNS of a significant portion of her body so the severe BNS led to multiorgan failure this is not an isolated case changay is the third prominent Sports woman to be killed in Kenya in 3 years we've had Agnes trro die in um in 2021 we've got Damaris mua die in 2022 and now Rebecca Chap and so we need to have targeted efforts um for athletes to know how to get Justice and how to get out of um situations um where their lives are at risk many sports women based in Western Kenya say they are sexually and financially exploited by coaches managers and partners in the male dominated training camps I know of world record holders world champions whom I cannot of course mention on air who are going through a lot uh because of the Customs where the the women are subservient to the men you know they go out there um win marathons win road races win truck competitions get very good income all these income goes to their husbands the bank accounts are in the names of their husbands chapter Gay's loved ones say they want justice but first they want to give her a beeting burial to honor her achievements both on and off the truck Katherine soy Al jazer make sure to subscribe to our channel to get the latest news from Al jaaz