A sneeze or a cough and Mogotio knows teacher John Ndoigo is around

91-year-old John Ndoigo (right) receives gifts from Mogotio Primary School alumni his thanks giving celebration last week. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

At 91, John Ndoigo still commands the same attention he commanded for 35 years as a teacher, both from his former pupils and even the great-grandchildren.

From a sneeze to a cough, strangers can easily tell who Mr Ndoigo is –a stringent disciplinarian whose spirit still cannot fade and whose efforts and love for education birthed Mogotio Primary School in Baringo County.