A 56-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing his wife for failing to include beef in his meal on December 25, 2020.
In her ruling, Embu High Court Judge Lucy Njuguna found Crispin Nyaga guilty of killing his wife Catherine Mbuya.
The court heard that on the fateful day, Nyaga who hails from Kambaru in Mbeere North Sub-county had sold miraa worth Ksh3,000 at the Kiritiri market that he had harvested from his farm.
After pocketing the money he went back home a happy man having made a ‘morning kill’ and gave his wife Ksh2,000 to buy meat and other foodstuff that would make their Christmas festive celebration colourful.
He would then proceed to a nearby market to soften his throat with some bottles of beer.
Nyaga is said to have returned home in the evening drunk and demanded food from his wife.
He was served the food but he started quarrelling with his wife asking her why the food had no meat and yet he had given out money for meat.
It was at that point that Nyaga took panga and cut his wife on the leg below her kneel.
Later, he is said to have picked wood plunk and Mercelessly hit his wife who was lying on the floor on the head killing her on the spot.
While giving her ruling, Njuguna said the probation report submitted to the court indicated that Nyaga was a first offender, a nuisance and a drunkard, who they were constantly quarrelling with.
“By releasing you we will cause more harm to the community since you are a serious offender to your family and to the community. You deserve a custodial sentence for the safety of the Kambaru people,” she said.
Justice Njuguna said elders and locals had expressed fear that if Nyaga would be released he may harm his children.
“In considering all the above, I sentence you Crispin Nyaga Ita to 15 years imprisonment,” Justice Njuguna ruled.
