Shock as Kenyan Granny, 55, Hacks 99-Year-Old Husband to Death over Food

Police in Kandara, Murang’a County are holding a 59-year-old woman who allegedly hacked her 99-year-old husband to death.

Margaret Wanjiru is reported to have used a machete to slit Ndung’u Mugachia’s throat following a disagreement over food. Mugachia had just woken up and was warming himself by the fire in his son’s house when he was brutally attacked by his wife.

Reports indicate that the suspect had picked a quarrel with her husband before she dashed to the kitchen and came back wielding a machete. The Sunday morning incident left residents of Kagumo-ini village in Gaichanjiru ward in shock.

Wanjiru has allegedly been having endless marital issues and had been denying her husband food, according to her daughter-in-law Betty Mumbi.

The deceased’s daughter Sarafina Nyambura said their mother has been on and off her matrimonial home for the last five years.

Danson Ngige, brother to the deceased, claimed the suspect subjected his brother to torture due to a disagreement about how his land should be subdivided.

Wanjiru is being held at Kabati Police Station pending arraignment in court while the body of the deceased was moved to Gaichanjiru Catholic mission hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem.