I never get why these third world countries consistently give their rish sports heroes big gifts. Yes, Faith Kipyegon is a national treasure. But she's also loaded by Kenyan standards. So why is the Kenyan govt buying her a 3-bedroom house and giving her 35k?
Are they directly trying to remind the citizens that the best way to get rich is to be in the good graces of the govt? I just don't get it.
PS. I also don't get why in the US we give rich-ass billionaires hundreds of millions of dollars. Truth be told, that bothers me more but I get why the politicians do that. They can keep a team in a city and get lots of votes as a result. And we don't give it directly to them, we normally do it in terms of a stadium subsidy. Here in Maryland, the Os and Ravens are each getting $600 million which is crazy to me.