World's oldest pupil dies in Kenya

Kimani Nganga Maruge started school in 2004, aged 84 "Whatever you want to do set your heart on it and it will be accomplished" GP Kenya's oldest pupil, Kimani Nganga Maruge, has died in Nairobi aged 90. The great grandfather held the Guinness World Record for being the oldest person to start primary school, at the age of 84. His house in the Rift Valley was burnt down in post-election violence last year and he was later moved from a camp to an old people's home in the capital. The BBC's Caroline Karobia says that despite the disruption, Mr Maruge kept hard at his studies. Mr Maruge, a veteran of the Mau Mau independence movement, never had the opportunity to go to school when he was younger. In 2004 he enrolled at Kapkenduywa primary school, in Eldoret, a year after the Kenyan government introduced free primary schooling. Two of his grandchildren, who had been at the same school, said he had eventually wanted to complete a veterinary diploma. Earlier this month he was diagnosed with cancer, Kenya's NTV reports.