Stephen Rutto

Kenya

Journalist at The Standard (Kenya)

A father, uncle, athletics enthusiast and Journalist|@StandardKenya

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Chebet says world record is possible after victory in Rabat

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephen Rutto

Kenya's Beatrice Chebet celebrates after winning the women's 3000m during the IAAF Diamond League athletics competition at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, on May 25, 2025. [AFP]Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet is targeting a world record in 3000m after storming to glorious victory at the Rabat Diamond League on Sunday night.
Zimbabwe's Chimbwada wins Eldoret International tourney

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephen Rutto

Zimbabwean Escha Chimbwada in action at the Eldoret Pool Carnival at the Timba-XO, on May 25, 2025. [Stephen Rutto, Standard] There was no room for mistakes as pool players battled for top honours at the International Open Pool Carnival which came to a close on Monday morning in Eldoret. Zimbabwean Escha Chimbwada was crowned champion of the International Pool Carnival staged at the Timba-XO pool arena on Saturday night and Monday morning.
Chebet, Wanyonyi to battle for honours at Rabat Diamond League

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephen Rutto

EUGENE, OREGON - MAY 25: Beatrice Chebet of Team Kenya wins the women's 10,000-meter run with a world record during the Wanda Diamond League Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field on May 25, 2024 in Eugene, Oregon. [Steph Chambers/Getty Images/AFP]The stage is set for a scintillating battle for Diamond League glory in Rabat this evening. Olympic gold medallists from the 2024 Paris Olympics—Beatrice Chebet and Emmanuel Wanyonyi are highlighting the event.
Priest's death: DCI visits, war on cattle rustling raises questions

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephen Rutto

Slain Catholic priest, Fr Aloise Bett of St Mulumba Catholic Church, Kerio Valley, who was shot dead on Thursday, May 22, 2025. [Courtesy]The mystery surrounding the death of Catholic priest, Father Allois Cheruiyot Bett, deepened on Saturday after the church revealed that detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) had visited him twice before he was brutally murdered.
Slain Catholic priest hailed as peace messenger in Kerio Valley

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephen Rutto

Slain Catholic priest, Fr Aloise Bett of St Mulumba Catholic Church, Kerio Valley, who was shot dead on Thursday, May 22, 2025. [Courtesy]On January 5th, the first Sunday of this year, slain Catholic Priest Allois Cheruiyot Bett gained prominence during his evangelical duties in the troubled Kerio Valley. Fr Bett was shot dead by assailants shortly after leading a sermon for a Small Christian Community in the remote village of Kabartile, near Tot in Elgeyo Marakwet County.
Pool players shine in Eldoret as global stars get set for round one

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephen Rutto

Players in action during Timba XO International Pool Carnival in Eldoret. [Peter Ochieng, Standard] The battle for the last 16 of the local events in the ongoing International Pool Carnival in Eldoret kicked off in earnest on Thursday. Round one of the Timba-XO International Pool Carnival, a race to 7 competitions, were hotly contested, with local pool stars stamping authority as they got ready for rounds three and four last evening ahead of today’s last 16 games.
Another Catholic priest shot dead in Elgeyo Marakwet

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephen Rutto

Slain Catholic priest, Fr Aloise Bett of St Mulumba Catholic Church, Kerio Valley, who was shot dead on Thursday, May 22, 2025. [Courtesy]A Catholic priest was on Thursday shot dead in Kerio Valley. The slain priest, identified by the police as Fr Aloise Bett, was ambushed and shot dead near Kapkain Primary School in Tot, Marakwet East sub-county, Elgeyo Marakwet County, at about 1 pm as he headed to the venue of a small Christian community sermon near the scene of the shooting.
Players eying Sh7 million prize in Eldoret Carnival

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephen Rutto

Kenya's professional pool player Patricia Keruche in past action. [File, Standard] African Pool Champion Aden Joseph of South Africa is among 200 international billiard players set to highlight the Timba-XO International Carnival. The South African sensation is among tens of international pool players among them former world black ball champion Wetsy Morake also from South Africa as well as Ugandan star Caesar Chandiga.
Puzzle of Eldoret stadium that has gobbled Sh755 million but has no track

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephen Rutto

A section of Eldoret's 64 Stadium on Friday, May 16. [Stephen Rutto, Standard]An iconic stadium in the heart of Eldoret, the ‘City of Champions’ has gobbled up Sh755 million since 2021 but has no running track, a committee of the Senate has learnt. The Senate’s County Public Accounts Committee said it was disheartened by the state of affairs at 64 Stadium which is being upgraded to a state-of-the-art sporting facility at a cost of Sh1.1 billion and was set to be completed in 2022.
Cherargei calls for deregestration of Gachagua's DCP party

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephen Rutto

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei briefs the media in Eldoret yesterday. May 16, 2025. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei wants the former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's newly formed Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) deregistered. Cherargei yesterday claimed that the new formation was a mere regional outfit which doesn’t meet the threshold of a national party, and should be delisted by the Registrar of Political Parties.