95-year-old Kenyan marries 90-year-old sweetheart six decades after meeting

A 95-year-old Kenyan man married his 90-year-old long-time sweetheart at the weekend, six decades after they first met, local media reported on Monday – cited by Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Ibrahim Mbogo walked down the aisle with Tabitha Wangui at a white wedding at a church on Sunday.

"We met and fell in love in 1960, do you hear?" Mbogo said outside the church in Mukurweini, a town northeast of the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

"We deliberated together and decided it would be great if we did a white wedding, we know in our Kikuyu custom that we are legally married, but since we are also Christians, we decided to do a church wedding."

The groom wore a smart grey suit and silver tie for their special day, while his new bride was dressed in a white hat with a cream brocade jacket over a white outfit.

"Women, you must respect your husbands, if you do that, then you will live as we have,” the bride Tabitha Wangui told local media, when asked about their secret.

"Don't do any wrong, and when you do, just apologize and seek forgiveness," she added.