Kimani Maruge (C) joins his fellow pupils at the school parade ...
15th Nov 2006, 03:35 GMT
(Reuters) - Kimani Maruge (C) joins his fellow pupils at the school parade in Kapkenduiywo Primary School in Langas, Eldoret, 300 km (186 miles) west of the Kenyan capital Nairobi in this October 6, 2006 file photo. Maruge looks a little out of place among the rows of children sitting behind wooden desks at Kapkenduiywo Primary School, yet classmates 10 times his junior would be hard-pressed to match the enthusiasm of Maruge, a farmer and veteran of Kenya's 1950s anti-colonial Mau Mau revolt, who has the distinction of being the oldest pupil on the planet. The illiterate great-grandfather jumped at a belated chance to educate himself when President Mwai Kibaki introduced free primary schooling in the east African nation in 2003. To match feature AFRICA EDUCATION STUDENT REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/Files (KENYA)
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