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Kajiado woman believes she is the world’s oldest living being

Oldest woman Mary Tapasien,aged 112 years in Mashuru Sub location,Kajiado county. Photo/Elvis Ogina (Nairobi) September 16th,2016.

Today is International Day of Older Persons and what better way to mark it than with the story of a remarkable granny.

Forget Emma Morano of Italy who is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest at 116.

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