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74-year-old man joins Form One with his two sons

74 years old Kazungu Kandege Hamudi in class at Ganze Primary School in 2016 breaks into tears as he explains to journalists how he narrowly escaped death one of the reasons that make him go to school to seek refuge. 2nd February 2017. Photo Maureen Ongala

A 74-year-old man yesterday reported at Ganze Boys Secondary School where he was enrolled in Form One.

Kazungu Humadi Kadenge from Kimbule village, Ganze Constituency in  Kilifi County opted to go back to class to escape being branded a sorcerer and to liberate himself from being looked down upon for being illiterate.

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