'Oldest man in Uganda dies aged 134'
A man claimed to have been the oldest person in Uganda has died, Ugandan newspaper New Vision reports.
The paper says John Ahuruma's baptism card indicated he was born in 1885.
"The missionaries estimated my age. When I went for baptism teaching, they looked at me and decided that I was about 10 years. That was in 1895," the paper quoted Mr Ahuruma as saying in 2017.
The paper tweeted a photo of Mr Ahuruma and the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni:
The paper says John Ahuruma's baptism card indicated he was born in 1885.
"The missionaries estimated my age. When I went for baptism teaching, they looked at me and decided that I was about 10 years. That was in 1895," the paper quoted Mr Ahuruma as saying in 2017.
The paper tweeted a photo of Mr Ahuruma and the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni:
SAD NEWS— New Vision UGANDA (@newvisionwire) August 28, 2019
Yohana Ahuruma, a man believed to be the oldest in Uganda has passed on at 134 years. #VisionUpdates
President Yoweri Museveni built a house for Ahuruma, after meeting with him at State House, Entebbe in October 2016. May his soul rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/S5jnHzgTza
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