Positivity: Kenya’s record-breaking pupil
Kenya’s Kimani Nganga Maruge hit the headlines around the world earlier this year for being the oldest man in Kenya to start school - aged 84.
The great-grandfather has now won a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the oldest person in the world to start primary school.He started Kapkenduiywa school in the western town of Eldoret on 12 January.
Kenya’s government introduced free primary schooling in 2003, making it possible for Mr Maruge to attend.
Two of his 30 grandchildren attend the same school but they are in more senior grades.
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