House on fire in Kirinyaga. PHOTO | RMS |
Shocking as Sh 0.75 Million home set ablaze by a woman who found it before marriage. The woman chest thumbs that she is controlling her husband and she was able to anything despite the consequences.
Caroline Nyakio, 29, burned to ashes her family home after quarrelling with her husband in Kirinyaga.
The Friday afternoon occurrence saw property worth over Ksh.750k go up in flames with James Mwangi, the woman’s husband saying he was away during the incident.
“I had decided to go to Kimunye trading centre after a bitter argument with my wife Caroline Nyakio, she threw very bitter words at me, but I was very shocked after I was called my neighbours that my house was on fire,” Mwangi explained.
The husband alleged that the dispute was about braids.
” It was about salon money. She said there was a trending braid that she needed for her hair. That when the dispute began because I did not have enough for that, ” he added.
Mwangi who said no one was injured during the incident said he has since received reports that his wife had bought petrol at a local filling station.
Gichugu sub-county Police commander Anthony Mbogo condemned the act and said that police officers were trailing the suspect who disappeared to an unknown destination.