Man accused of chopping off wife’s hands

A Kenyan man accused of chopping off his wife’s hands and hacking her head with a machete after blaming her for their childless marriage should face the full force of the law, rights activists have said. Stephen Ngila has been arrested for allegedly attacking Jackline Mwende almost two weeks ago, reports say. Kenya has high […]

A Kenyan man accused of chopping off his wife’s hands and hacking her head with a machete after blaming her for their childless marriage should face the full force of the law, rights activists have said.
Stephen Ngila has been arrested for allegedly attacking Jackline Mwende almost two weeks ago, reports say.
Kenya has high levels of domestic abuse but Mrs Mwende’s case was “particularly shocking”, activists added.
Mr Ngila has not yet commented.
Mrs Mwende, 27, said a drunk Mr Ngila, 34, told her “today is your last day” before he attacked her at her parents’ home in a village in southern Machakos County, Kenya’s Daily Nation newspaper reports.
This was despite the fact that doctors told them she was fertile and he was impotent, Mrs Mwende was quoted as saying.