Man stabs wife to death for borrowing salt

Nakuru, Kenya:  Man, 29, stabs wife to death for borrowing salt.

The police are looking for a 29-year-old man accused of stabbing his wife to death in Sachangwan village in Rongai District Nakuru County after she borrowed salt from a neighbour.

The suspect, Lawrence Kiprotich, is said to have picked a quarrel with his wife of eight years, Vicody Cherotich, before stabbing her in the neck with a knife.

Rongai OCPD Joseph Mwamburi said Kiprotich, a casual labourer, fled after the incident.

"The man picked a quarrel with his wife at around 7pm claiming that she had embarrassed him by borrowing salt," said Mwamburi.