The background was that both, still a native of colonial Africa, have no birth certificates.
And both of them, after their assumed age, were soon beyond that age limit of 80 years, which entitled them to vote for the papal.
In the issue of the Pontifical Yearbook (Annuario Pontificio) for 2024, the entry for Philippe Ouédraogo, emeritus archbishop of Ouagadoudou, the capital of Burkina Faso in West Africa, was named from 4. January 1945 on the 31. December 1945 changed; the Archbishop of Nairobi emeritus in Kenya, from "1944" to the 1st January 1946.
According to this calculation, both were still 79 years old for the papal election and thus possible participants in the conclave.
However, the Kenyan Njue stayed away in the end, according to official data due to illness.
With the age limit of 80 years at the turn of the year, Ouédraogo and Njue are now leaving the circle of the pope voters.
In the future, 123 of the 245 cardinals of the universal Church will still be entitled to vote in a possible conclave.