A woman attacked her husband with a kitchen knife when he caught her sleeping with another man in Maua in Meru County.
The woman allegedly grabbed her husband and used a kitchen knife to inflict deep cuts on his palms.
As the two were fighting, it attracted the attention of the husband’s brother who intervened.
“When I arrived home from Nairobi at 4 a.m., the door was unlocked. I caught her with her lover as soon as I opened the door and entered the house. They were surprised because they were not expecting me. Fearing that I would attack them, she grabbed a kitchen knife and charged towards me,” said Meme
Meme credited his survival to the fact that he missed a deep cut on his body before his wife was overpowered.
“Her lover had already made his getaway. I have no desire to do anything else with her, and I plan to raise our four children on my own,” Meme expressed his thoughts..
A resident said that there was no way a man could bust his wife and be attacked without her being prompted.
“I can’t stay in a marriage where I’m being abused, and if another man comes along who can make me happy, it’s better for me to move in with him,” she said.
Another eyewitness said that the wife’s attack on her husband was inappropriate and that she should have divorced him and moved in with her lover in peace.
“The husband should divorce the woman and marry someone else to raise their children with. I advise women not to cheat on their husbands because it is an insult to them and can infect them with diseases,” she said.
Witness
According to an eyewitness, by inviting another man into the house, the wife insulted her husband.
“The man should divorce his wife and look for a new wife,” she said.
An eyewitness said that the woman should not have taken the law into her own hands and that if she was angry, she could have summoned the village elders to talk to them.
