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Kakamega woman kills hubby over co-wife, solar panel

A woman has admitted to killing her husband for disconnecting a solar panel from her house and fitting it in her co-wife’s house. Joy Trizar Shitubi pleaded guilty to the charge of man-slaughtering her husband on October 26, 2017 at Emachoni village, Butere constituency before the High Court in Kakamega.

“I stabbed my husband Joseph Waboko Mbayi on the material date without malice aforethought,” said Shitubi who had entered a plea bargain deal with the prosecution to plead guilty for manslaughter instead of the more serious murder charge.

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