Court Frees Woman Who Chopped Off Husband's Genitals

Oyaro was charged with the offence of grievous harm contrary to Section 234 of the Penal Code.

Elizabeth Angira Elizabeth Angira
Jan 4, 2023 - 13:05 Updated: Apr 10, 2024 - 16:00
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Court Frees Woman Who Chopped Off Husband's Genitals
A police car inside a crime scene. /FILE

A middle-aged woman has been released on a Ksh50,000 bond after she allegedly chopped off his husband's genitals before stabbing him in the abdomen following a domestic squabble.

The accused woman, Grace Oyaro, was alleged to have chopped off the genitals of his husband, Eliud Kepha on December 31, 2022, at Nyanchwa estate in Kisii County.

Oyaro was charged with the offence of grievous harm contrary to Section 234 of the Penal Code.

Neighbours had indicated that the couple had family wrangles, with Oyaro also injured during the squabble and admitted to one of the private hospitals in the county.

A couple fighting in their room. /GETTY IMAGES

Kepha was left with serious injuries and is recuperating at the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital  

Oyaro appeared before Kisii Law Court but denied the charges before Senior Chief Magistrate Caroline Ocharo.

Frankline Maswali, a lawyer of the victim, opposed the court for granting the release of the accused person on bond since the victim will be discharged from the hospital and his life might be in danger.

The case was set for mention on January 26, 2023. On December 24, 2022, a man who sexually assaulted his wife by sealing her genitalia with super glue was sentenced to 50 years in prison.

James Kifo Muriuki was handed the jail term by Chuka Law Courts in Tharaka Nithi County while appearing before Principal Magistrate Njoki Kahara. He was found guilty of sexually assaulting his wife and causing grievous harm to her on May 16, 2020.

On the fateful day, Kifo had lured his wife to river Kathita in Marimanti at night and ordered her to strip naked while confessing to him all the men she had slept with while he was living away in Nairobi.

On being hesitant, Kifo began to beat her before he sprayed pepper, salt and super glue on her genitalia. He then used a knife to push the mixture into the victim’s genitalia.

On May 21, 2020, Kifo was arrested in his hideout at Kaningo in Kitui County by a combined team of Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives from the Special Crime Unit, DCI Tseikuru and DCI from Tharaka South Sub County.

He was hiding in the house of one James Murogi who was believed to practice witchcraft.

James Kifo arrives at Chuka GK Prison. /CITIZEN DIGITAL

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