African home country of Eliud Kipchoge, winner of the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathons (5)

I believe the answer is:

kenya

(Other definitions for kenya that I've seen before include "Republic in East Africa" , "E African country" , "state?" , "East African republic" , "Land" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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