Police have arrested a 22-year-old woman in Bonyakakomi village, Ibeno Location in Kisii County for allegedly stabbing her husband to death using a kitchen knife.
Sheila Nyanchoka Ombati is said to have differed with her 28-year-old husband, Wesley Aringa Okindo over domestic issues.
Preliminary reports indicated that the couple had quarreled over unknown issues when the suspect allegedly ambushed the man in a knife attack.
“The deceased was stabbed by his wife in the chest using a kitchen knife. He opened the door and went outside where he fell down a few metres from their rental house and died,” said Kisii County Police Commander Charles Kases.
The deceased who worked as a matatu tout had returned home around 9pm when the conflict ensued, Kases said.
The county police boss explained that the deceased had a deep stab wound on his chest and the scene was stained with blood.
“The police managed to recover a blood-stained kitchen knife that is believed to have been used in the attack,” said Kases.
The body of the deceased has been moved to the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital Morgue awaiting autopsy.
