Elkana Kibet Yego is the winner of the Eldoret City Marathon in the men category and has bagged Sh3 million.

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Kibet won the 42Km marathon with a time of 2 hrs in a hotly contested race, beating the last time winner of Kass Marathon Reuben Kangongo 

"I am happy to have won the race, even though we were neck to neck with my competitors i felt the weather was conducive for me," said kibet.

He added that  now that he has won 3million he was going to invest it and use it to feed his family.

The event was flagged off by the Deputy president William Ruto the company with councils of governors from different counties.

The event was hosted and sponsored by the county of Uasin Gishu County where the winner walked 3 million each and the second runners up wins 1.5 million shillings.

Theme of the race was climate change where they intended to consider conservation of environment and the marathon will be held each an every year.