full National Honors for a national icon Rebecca Chap's coffin is draped with the flag of Uganda just weeks ago she ran under this flag at the Paris Olympics the marathoner had just returned to her Kenya training base when her ex- partner dowed her in petrol and set her on fire Rebecca died days later from her devastating Burns it is a really a sad moment in Uganda Athletics Uganda and all of us friends asked him who we went to Paris with Rebecca we really fa it the 33-year-old is survived by two daughters and a family crushed by grief as Uganda and Kenya mourn Rebecca chapay her murder is bringing a painful memories of the recent killings of two other Elite athletes in Kenya Agnes tup and dearis matua they were both killed by intimate Partners activists say high level athletes can be targeted because of their financial success by men seeking to take control of their money and assets companies like Nike Adidas puma and all those brands that these young athletes represent when they are Juniors to the elite level should uh should have some sort of mechanism on how to to protect uh the GS it's really youu it's a pandemic it's the whole Africa government figures show at least a third of girls and women in Kenya have experienced violence at the hands of domestic Partners organizations that help girls and women to escape abusive situations are demanding action from the government to Stamp Out the epidemic of gender-based violence