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Town in Kenya mocked for lousy’ statues of top athletes
The Guardian
|August 16, 2024
Authorities in a Kenyan town known for its athletics success have rushed to remove statues of runners that some people had deemed shoddy, on the eve of an event to confer city status on the municipality.
The Rift Valley town of Eldoret, the home to many great runners, had put up a number of thematic pieces of art to showcase its agricultural and sports heritage this week. The sculptures included statues of athletes and one of a maize cob next to a wheat stalk.
Photos of the artworks attracted uproar on social media, with many Kenyans poking fun at them.
One of the statues depicted a woman running while holding a miniature Kenyan flag in her left hand.
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