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The 61-year-old love story of Beth Mugo and ex-diplomat Nicholas

Nominated Senator Beth Mugo (right) with her husband Ambassador Nicholas and their family during their 61st Wedding Anniversary and Beth's 80th birthday celebrations at the Villa Lalibela, Kitisuru, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

She was 19; vivacious and totally besotted with a 22-year-old lad. And when he asked for her hand in marriage, she didn’t have to think twice about it.

“He just told me that he loved me and that I was the only girl that he had ever loved. That was enough for me. He is also a gentleman. He was gentle then and he has been gentle till today,” she says coyly, a naughty glint in her eyes.

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