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Young at heart: Man finds love at 99, weds 40 year-old woman

Alice Jemeli 40 and her 99 year old husband Johana Maritim Butuk at their Soy B farm Tuyabei village in Uasin Gishu County. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

It was love at first sight when 99-year-old Johana Maritim Butuk met Alice Jemeli, 40, and after dating for 20 years, the lovebirds tied the knot in a colorful wedding ceremony in Soy, Uasin Gishu County on Saturday 14, January.

When they first met in 2003, Jemeli was only 20 years old and Butuk was 69. Despite their age differences, their love blossomed as they dated.

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