Uganda mourns Olympic star stabbed to death in neighbouring Kenya

KAMPALA, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan First Lady Janet Museveni on Thursday mourned the death of the country's Olympic star athlete, Benjamin Kiplagat, who was stabbed to death in neighbouring Kenya on New Year's Eve.

Museveni, who is also Uganda's minister of education and sports, said in a statement posted on her official X handle, formerly Twitter, that she learnt with great sadness about the gruesome murder of