A woman in Kamwokya, Kampala has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing her partner in the neck and badly injuring him. The woman is also said to have turned on a neighbor who intervened in the fight and cut her in the face.
While speaking in an interview on a local television, Salvan Turyahabwe, a resident of Church Zone Kamwokya II says his wife Allen Muhibwe attacked him on Monday night in a row over food for their children.
“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.
Other neighbors said that it was not the first time Turyahabwe and wife have fought.
“It is not the first time Allen has fought her husband, she is ill mannered and has picked up fights with everyone,” another stated.
According to Nafuga’s mother Jennifer Namwanje, who is taking care of Nafuga in hospital, for a while now, Allen has been saying that she would harm her daughter. Fortunately, her daughter is now getting better.
The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire, said that they arrested Muhire Allen and they are still investigating.