Shieys Jepkosgei won medals as a ‘woman’ and worked at at the Moi Referral Hospital as a nurse before Kenyans discovered he was a man.
The suspect who is already in the hands of police, is waiting to be arraigned in court.
“She Was Critically Checked And Found To Have A Male Sexual Organ. He Was Referred Back To Court And Now Remanded At Eldoret Police Station For Ten Days With The Names Hillary Rotich Pending Further Interrogation,” Said A Statement From The Police.
Shieys Jepkosgei’s real name was later established as Hillary Kiprotich.
Even on social media such as Facebook, he led a life of a woman.
The suspect took part in many international contests under using a Kenyan passport and national identity cards which had the fake names of Shieys Chepkosgey
How he was uncovered.
On Monday 17th June 2019, the Shieys was found with the offence of impersonation and sent to Eldoret Women prison because she had been identified as a woman.
However, officials at the prison were shocked to discover that the suspect was indeed a man.
The suspect disclosed to prison authorities on Tuesday morning that he was a man and not a woman.
“She was critically checked and found to have a male sexual organ. He was referred back to court and now remanded at Eldoret Police station for ten days with the names Hillary Rotich pending further interrogation,” said a statement from the polic
CEO of the Moi Referral Hospital Dr Wilson Aruasa said the suspect was arrested at the health facility as a fake nurse, rasing eye-brows on her hidden mission at the hospital.
“She was detected by other staff because no one knew the suspect and her job identity badge which was putting on was different,” Dr Aruasa said.
At the time of arrest, she was dressed in full nurse uniform and was working as an intern in the emergency section.
The identification badge had the name Pamella Mulupi but other nurses got suspicious and on investigations, the name Mulupi was not found in the register for interns.
The 29 year old man had taken part in several international races including notable ones from Malaysia, Morroco and Tanzania where he took part as a woman.