Sarah Chepkurui Maina, a granny from Kericho county could be the oldest person in the world if what her family says is anything to go by.
The family of Chepkurui, who lives in Ainamoi constituency in Kericho, says she's 138 years now, having been born in 1880.
Her oldest format ID indicates that she was born in 1920, but her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren have disputed that, since her oldest daughter is 92-years-old. Her eldest daughter's ID card indicates she was born in 1926.
“My mother wakes up at around 7 am every morning and only takes a cup of tea for breakfast. She takes her dinner at 3 pm, which mostly consists of milk and ugali and retires to bed at 6 pm. We at times request her that she stay with someone such as having one of her grandchildren live with her but she says no, saying she prefers to stay alone,” Marsoi told Kenya News Agency.
Although she has lost her sight, Sarah has strong sense of hearing and she can recognize her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren with their voices.
“Strangers have to be accompanied by family members when they want to visit my cucu whose hearing is still intact. Her children knock at her door and when she asks who is outside, she uses her hearing to recognize who among her many children or among her family members in the four generations is at the door before she can open it,” her granddaughter Brianna Chepkoech, 23, told KNA.
Violet Brown from Jamaica, who passed away in September 2017 has been documented as the world's oldest person aged 117. She currently holds the record of world’s oldest woman noted in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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