Scared Wanjiru pleads for security
By CHRIS MUSUMBAPosted Wednesday, November 4 2009 at 22:00
Olympic, Chicago and London Marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru is considering relocating to Japan because he fears for his security, especially at his rural home in Nyahururu, which has been raided twice by thugs.
On return from New York on Tuesday night, where he was crowned the new World Marathon Majors champion, fetching a prize pack worth Sh38 million ($500,000), Wanjiru asked the government to improve security.
“What is the government doing to honour sportsmen in this country? It is very little. But that is maybe why some of them are sneaking out to Qatar. I have a big name in Japan and if I go there I will be comfortable,” he said.
It was the first time that Wanjiru was accorded a hero’s welcome upon his arrival, having won four of the five marathons he has run in a short three-year span.
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