Kitui woman stabs boyfriend, 7 years her junior with kitchen knife

The youthful man was allegedly seriously injured by the his lover, a daughter of a senior chief in Kitui, after a violent quarrel on Tuesday.

The duo were said to have differed after a beer beige. When they got to their house,  tempers flared with  the woman reaching for a kitchen knife culminating to the near fatal attack.

The incident took place at Kunda Kindu area of Kitui township. The injured man was taken to Kitui Level IV Hospital where he is undergoing treatment.

Confirming the incident, Kitui Central subcounty Police Commander, Peter Karanja, confirmed that the assailant was on Wednesday being held at the Kitui Central police  station cells and investigations had gotten underway.

"The injured man is not dead. He is alive and undergoing treatment at the Kitui Level IV Hospital," said Karanja when he spoke to the media.

Karanja further added the woman who allegedly knifed the man was cooling her heels in custody. The sub county police boss said the motive of the attack was unclear and that investigations had been launched into the incident.

He added that once the probe is finalized, the suspected attacker would be arraigned in a court of law.