Remember Kimani Maruge, the 84-year-old Kenyan who stunned the world by enrolling in the first grade in January 2004? Maruge inspired the movie the First Grader and entered the Guinness World Record as the oldest person to enroll in primary school.
However, Maruge’s record has been broken by yet another Kenyan! The story of 97-year-old Pricilla Sitienei, (better known as Gogo, or grandmother) who at 90, decided to join her great grandchildren at Leaders Vision Preparatory School in the Rift Valley has once again catapulted the country to global fame.