NAIROBI, Kenya — A 95-year-old Kenyan man married his 90-year-old long-time sweetheart at the weekend, six decades after they first met.
Love is beautiful as Ibrahim Mbogo walked down the aisle with Tabitha Wangui at a white wedding at a church this past Sunday.
“We met and fell in love in 1960, do you hear?”
Mbogo was quoted as saying outside the church in Mukurweini, a town about a three-hour drive 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 ceremony was a beautiful one indeed as the groom wore a smart gray suit and silver tie for their special day, while his new bride was glowed in a white hat with a cream brocade jacket over a white outfit.
Comment about their great love journey, Wangui said,
“Women, you must respect your husbands, if you do that, then you will live as we have.”
This couple’s story can be an encouragement to some that love has no age limit and a reminder that sometimes the best things in life are worth waiting for.
