60-Year-Old Kenyan Bride Weds For The First Time To 78-Year-Old Widower

It was joy at St Marks ACK Church in Maragua, Muranga County, as a 78-year old man wedded a 60-year old woman, who is a first time bride. Friends and relatives of the bride and the bridegroom flocked the church to witness as the two lovebirds

exchanged vows on Sunday.

Mr Ayub Mugo Waitara who is a grandfather to many quit the bachelor’s club to marry Ms Teresiah Njoki.

He sat by his lover Ms Njoki in church as they keenly followed the preacher’s sermon in front of family and friends who had come to witness the big day.

The man said that his life would completely change after wedding his sweetheart, that he had been lonely for the past 10 years.

Recalling how he met her, Mugo said:

“In 2017 while on a private business in Thika town, I saw a woman who appeared very special to me, a strong feeling of love hit me and I decided to follow her,”

At first, the bride revealed she tried to resist the now prince charming but he became irresistible.

“I feel so happy; I had kept telling God to reveal to me the man he created for me. Despite old age, I have met him, I love him so much,”

The newlyweds said they have no intentions of having children together, as their union is aimed at only giving them happy lives.