Man removes doors of his house, roof and breaks wall to protest wife’s ‘cheating habit’

Police in Navakholo, Kakamega County are holding in custody a 57-year-old man accused of physically assaulting his 38-year-old wife.

Issa Arafat, a resident of Emukhambi Village, is said to have battered his spouse on Tuesday, June 23, over allegations that she was cheating on him with her workmate.

The suspect’s wife, Afusa
Namiswa, works as a tea lady at a private hospital in Kakamega County, whereas
her alleged lover dresses patients’ wounds at the same facility.

Arafat said he knew about
his partner’s unfaithfulness when he visited his ailing father, who had been
admitted at the hospital where Namiswa works.

Namiswa, however, denies her
husband’s allegations.

“I am not unfaithful. I serve
tea at the hospital; the man he is accusing me of secretly seeing, cleans
patients’ wounds after surgical procedures. The nature of my work demands I
greet people before serving them. On several occasions, when I meet the man he
is accusing me of cheating with, I have to greet him and know how he is doing.
So, when my husband saw me talking to my colleague, he thought I was flirting
with him. I have never cheated on him,” said Namiswa.

Upon returning home on
Tuesday evening, Arafat is said to have descended on his wife with kicks and
blows. The victim’s screams attracted the attention of neighbours, who rushed
to the scene and rescued Namiswa.

The suspect, thereafter,
embarked on removing the doors of his house, the roof and bringing down the
walls, while saying: “I don’t want my cheating wife to live here anymore”.

A neighbour, Maselina
Mitungu, told K24 Digital that Arafat
often complained publicly that his wife, the mother of their eight children
(five daughters and three sons), was adulterous.

Arafat and his spouse have
been married for at least 15 years.

The suspect was arrested
Tuesday evening for causing grievous bodily harm to his wife.