A housewife, Liza Koima, accused of killing her estranged husband over a domestic dispute, has now been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The mother of two was found guilty by Eldoret High Court Judge Reuben Nyakundi.
In his ruling, Justice Nyakundi condemned the act, stating that Koima had cruelly taken the life of her husband. He also noted that the accused did not reach out to the family of the deceased to ask for forgiveness
“I have considered all factors and found that Koima was linked to the gruesome murder of her husband. I sentence the accused to serve 20 years imprisonment,” said the judge.
The deceased and businessman, Abraham Langat, was murdered on August 27, 2020, at their house in Kipkorgot estate along the Eldoret-Ravine road in Uasin Gishu county where Koima was arrested as the prime suspect.
In her defence, Koima, shocked the court by confessing her involvement in the tragic murder of her husband saying that she acted in self-defense. She recounted how she hit her husband on the head with a blunt object following a quarrel that had occurred in their bedroom that day.
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She further explained that her late husband initiated the fight after coming home from a drinking spree and started beating her with a blunt object, and that she overpowered him in the struggle by grabbing the weapon from him and striking him on the head in self-defence.
Koima also explained that the fight was triggered by the husband’s persistent demand for an unspecified amount of money that the deceased wanted to use for large-scale farming in Narok County.
“My late husband came home from a drinking spree and asked me to give him an unspecified amount of money saying that he wanted to venture into large scale wheat farming in Narok. When I told him that I don’t have any money, he became angry and started a fight with me,” said Koima.
– By Wanjiku Hilda
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