Dickson Ndiema, the ex-lover to Ugandan athlete Rebeca Cheptegei is dead.
Ndiema died at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret just days after the death of Rebecca.
He died on Monday night at the ICU where he had been admitted.
Ndiema attacked Cheptegei at home in Trans Nzoia where he doused her with petrol and set her on fire which also injured him.
Local administrators said the two had been in conflict about the small piece of land where Ms Cheptegei lived, with the case awaiting resolution.
He will be arraigned in court on charges once he is out of hospital, where he continues to recover from injuries he sustained during the incident.
“We have opened a file, investigations are at an advanced stage,” said divisional criminal investigations officer Kennedy Apindi.
Ndiema sustained over 30 per cent burns.
Cheptegei will be buried on Saturday in Uganda. She will be given a military burial.
Her family led by her father Mzee Joseph Cheptegei confirmed that the deceased was a member of the Uganda People Defense Forces (UPDF) and hence, she will be laid to rest with full military honors.
Cheptegei said they were working with both the Kenya and Uganda governments to ensure she is given a befitting send-off at Bukwo which is in the Eastern part of Uganda.
A postmortem on the body of Cheptegei will be done at the hospital on Wednesday.
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