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MPs want state to accord top sportsmen VIP security

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The late Marathon World Record Holder Kelvin Kiptum and Sports CS Ababu Namwamba. [File, Standard]

Members of Parliament want the government to ensure athletics champions are accorded VIP security.

National Assembly Sports Committee members who addressed a press conference at Parliament Buildings, Nairobi, on Tuesday said that athletic champion Kelvin Kiptum's life could have been saved if he had security detail.

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