By Patricia Angel T and Leonard Kamugisha Akida,
KAMPALA:
The police in Kampala is holding a woman on allegations of stabbing her husband in the neck and badly injuring him.
The suspect is Allen Muhibwe, a resident of Church Zone Kamwomya II in Kamwokya, Kampala. She allegedly stabbed her husband a one Salvan Turyahabwe, on Monday night in a row over food for their children.
The woman is also said to have turned on a neighbor who intervened in the fight and cut her in the face.
According to Turyahebwa, on Monday night his wife returned to home late and had not served meals to the children. Upon asking where she had been, the wife turned rowdy and picked a knife which she used to cut him and the neighbour.
“I asked where she was coming from that late, leaving the kids alone without food. She replied that you are their father, you also have to take care of them when I am not around,” Turyahabwe said.
He added that a few moments later after opening the house for his wife, she grabbed a knife and stabbed him in the neck several times.
Jalia Nafuga, a neighbor who intervened in the matter was also cut in the face by Turyahabwe’s wife after she was accused of involving herself in the family matter.
“I heard them fighting and went in their house to help and that is when then woman stabbed me in the face. I have just realized that I almost died on Monday night and I thank Police who took me to hospital,” Nafuga Said.
According to residents, this was not the first time Turyahebwa was fought by his wife. Residents said the couple is always involved in domestic fights accusing the wife of disrespecting her husband and the neighbours.
“It is not the first time Allen has fought her husband, she is ill mannered and has picked up fights with everyone,” another stated.
The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire, said that they arrested Muhire Allen and they are still investigating.
Both Turyahebwa and Nafuga were rushed to nearby clinics and are currently receiving treatment.
