A 38 year old man in Nandi County hacked his wife to death using a panga before hanging himself following a domestic quarrel.
The man from Kapkatet village had separated with the woman who had gone to live at her uncle's home near Ndalat three kilometers away.
The man trailed the woman at a home near Ndalat and hacked her several times after which he fled and was found hanging on a tree at his parent's home.
The woman was identified as Ednah Kurgat, a mother of three children and she had gone to live with the uncle Philip Songok who is an Assistant Chief.
Residents said the three had separated last year after a domestic quarrel and efforts to reconcile them failed.
Emmily Sawe who is an aunt to the woman, witnessed the incident and narrated how he pleaded with the man to spare the woman but the assailant turned hostile.
"She slashed her several times on the head and other parts of the body as I pleaded but he went on and killed her", said the aunt.
The man later jumped over the fence and disappeared into the bush after the attack.
Villagers later found the man's body hanging on a tree at his father’s compound.
Sawe said the assailant who was hiding on the fence, jumped in the compound after the deceased came out of the house and started to cut her with a panga.
He said the attack was sudden and shocking.
Police were called to the scene where they found a jacket, a mobile phone and bottle of Vodka alcohol left behind by the man.
Area MP Vincent Tuwei and Deputy County Commissioner Sammy Makhanu visited the scene and condemned the attack.
"We have very high incidents of domestic violence in this area and that is because of high consumption of alcohol and drugs among the couples" said Makhanu.
Tuwei and the administrator asked residents especially couples to involve elders and church leaders in sorting out domestic quarrels.
Makhanu said they would enhance the fight against alcohol and drug abuse in the area which has also witnessed high levels of crime.
-Mathews Ndanyi