Mourners pay respects to Ugandan athlete set on fire by partner

Members of the public gather for a funeral service of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei ahead of her burial in Kapkoros, Bukwo District, Uganda (Hajarah Nalwadda/AP/PA)

Dozens of mourners in Uganda have paid respects to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire.

Local leaders and others gathered at the local administration hall on Saturday as they awaited her burial at her ancestral home in a village near the Kenya border.