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Wife kills husband in Meru County, KCSE student

Jocob Mithika who was stubbed five times by his wife who was opposed to him sitting for the KCSE examinations. (PHOTO: Darlington Manyara, Standard).

A Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations candidate was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife in Ikuu village, Meru County. Witnesses say Jacob Mithika, 35, suffered deep cut wounds after his wife stabbed him with a knife following a domestic brawl. He died while being rushed to Maua Methodist Hospital.

Boniface Mutwiri, who took the deceased to hospital, said Mithika had five cuts and was bleeding profusely.

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