Posted on 05/07/2015 6:22:06 PM PDT by robowombat
Ugandan Runners Fear Widespread HIV Outbreak Ex-coach revealed as positive, infected at least three By: The Editors
Peter Wemali, the former coach of the Ugandan national junior running team, was arrested on April 15 and is now standing trial for defiling, or having sexual relations with, three girls whose ages range between 15 and 17, according to Ugandas Daily Monitor. He is accused of forcing young runners to have sex with him in exchange for preferential treatment.
It was revealed in court on April 30 that Wemali is HIV-positive and has infected at least three other women, the Daily Monitor reports. Those women have themselves gone on to other relationships with elite distance runners in the country, and now there is fear that a widespread HIV outbreak is present in some of the worlds best distance runners.
I know of many senior male runners who have unknowingly shared girlfriends with Mr. Wemali, Moses Kipsiro, a 2007 World Championships bronze medalist, told the Daily Monitor. Some are even married to runners that once had affairs with him.
Kipsiro was first to speak out about the issue in March 2014, when young female runners approached him with complaints of Wemalis sexual harassment during a training camp. One woman, speaking to the Daily Monitor, alleged that Wemali would come to her room and wake her up in the middle of the night, threatening to chase her from the camp if she didnt comply with his demands. On some days, he would call one or two of us to his nearby house, she said. If you refused to do what he wanted, he would beat you up.
On Tuesday, Kipsiro called for widespread testing among the countrys best runners. I am going to mobilize the elders to meet with all athletes and ask them to test for HIV, he told the Daily Monitor. Its then that we will know the extent of the problem and see how to help the infected ones.
The UAF, in a statement on Tuesday to the Daily Monitor, said that they currently do not have any systems in place to support HIV-positive runners.
He knows he's got killer virus and passed it on .. by force ... oh yeah ... add rape to the charges.

I gave dem dah very special Voodoo stretch for MAX power..!
Disbelieve these Western devil lies..!
Eh...and I know local Chieftain who has much UN gold, but needs your discrete help in most urgent banking transaction....
Is that like Manspread AIDS?
Yeah, but the article says these people were heterosexuals.
In a similar vein; I read previously that the occupation with the highest HIV rate in Sub-Saharan Africa is teachers. They spread it via having sex with their students.
Africa. smh.
Too bad they didn’t just ... like run away .. out run him — for a champion runner must be a piece of cake.
Uganda’s the place where they have strong laws against homosexuality and the article comes from “Outside”, I had to look twice to make sure it wasn’t “Out” or other similar websites and magazines.
They’ll work through it.
They just passing it around like candy
In another life her could be a potentate - but not this one!
It’s spelled “debbil”!
I know you knew that.
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