Maria Rioba Musa, never expected to return home to an angry husband who had severely attacked her while she had gone to a funeral in January.
Musa traveled to Tarang’anya hamlet in Kenya’s Migori County to attend a family member’s burial and stayed there for three days.
Her husband Musa Matiko confronted her with a machete) when she got home and demanded to know why she waited so long to come home, leaving him without a cook. Then, according to local media, he went on to hack off her left hand.
The report also stated that Matiko attempted to cut off Musa’s right hand, slit her forehead, and hurled a spear at her stomach.
“I stayed at the funeral for three days and left on the fourth. When I got home he asked me who I thought was supposed to be cooking for him on the three days I was away. Previously when we fought he would even beat me up with a rod, but on that day he beat me up with a panga,” the victim recalled.
“I left for a funeral on Monday at one of our in-law’s homestead, we thought the burial was to take place on that day but it delayed until Wednesday. That was the cause of the problem … When I came back home on Thursday I prepared supper but when my husband came back home he started attacking me,” she added.
Catherine Musa, the couple’s daughter, said that Musa had been the family’s primary provider while raising her and her eight other siblings.
At St. Joseph Omboo Mission Hospital, Musa had treatment and underwent surgery. She also reportedly demanded that her husband be charged.
Despite the fact that Musa hadn’t filed a formal complaint, Migori Police Commander Joseph Nthenge stated that Matiko will face criminal prosecution.
Following the event, Matiko was said to be on the run.
No reports have been made public confirming whether Matiko was located and charged with his crime.
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