Beyond Zero organizers saves Margaret Kenyatta over corruption claims

The organisers of the 2019 Beyond Zero Half Marathon have refuted claims that the lady whose images are circulating on social media collecting awards was a con.

An uproar in social media came after images of a lady believed to be a ‘winner’ surfaced online.

In the images, a lady in her late twenties is pictured collecting a dummy cheque of Sh 250, 000 for the winner of the 21km race while dressed in a white T-shirt  then, later on, she’s  also captured collecting a  Ksh 40,000 dummy cheque for the 10km second runner up, this time donning a purple top – a branded Beyond Zero top.

Social media users expressed disbelief in the just concluded Beyond Zero marathon campaign using hashtag of #beyondzerocorruption.

#BeyondZeroCorruption Unprecedented level of corruption! I am still shocked,how can a govt entity, that is struggling to meet its financial obligations,can comfortably give out Kes 12 million of tax payers money to opaque cause? How?

— Hillary Ngasurah. (@HillaryNgasura) March 10, 2019

The problem of Kenya is not her leaders but her people. How citizens put up with a non performing government that's busy looting still baffles me #BeyondZeroCorruption

— Son of a Teacher (@Platuex) March 11, 2019

“These are just rumors which have no basis. The woman in question was one of the ladies in charge of the event and she was just picking the award on behalf of the winners who by then were still in the doping control room,” Local Organising Committee Barnabas Korir said.

Korir added that the First lady and president were to leave early and that they had to award the winners.