Shock as man kills wife for selling beans

A man from Gichonjo village has left villagers in shock after stabbing his wife to death over the selling of beans without first consulting him.

Residents claimed that after working together to harvest the beans, the guy went home and began fighting with his wife, killed her, and then turned himself in at the Kianyaga police station where he is being detained.

Residents were baying for his blood after the killing, which caused a major outcry. Locals claimed they discovered the dead in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor, which was an obvious sign that she had been stabbed multiple times.

The 40-year-old suspect was reportedly taken into custody by police as they started looking into potential motives for the murder.

The deceased’s body was transported to the mortuary at Level 5 of the Kerugoya Hospital pending post-mortem.