Love gone sore, Lover revenges for being rejected

Four women, Winnie Chepkorir, 30, Monica Nyambura, 38, Diana Chepkemoi, 32, and Nancy Chepkemoi are being treated for serious burn wounds after their house was set on fire while they were asleep.

Its said that petrol was poured under the door at around 2am and ignited. Winnie Who comes from Mekenyu in Narok South and was working as a waiter at a hotel in Suswa town, claimed that her estranged boyfriend had earlier in the day threatened to harm her if she refused to go back to him; ”I had been living with him for eight months but last week we differed and I fled his house at Suswa trading centre. He has been pursuing me but I told him that I will never get back to him. I suspect he could be behind the incident.”

One of the ladies managed to open the door, enabling them to escape the burning house. Nancy said she had invited Winnie to live with them after learning that she had left her boyfriend. When Winnie revealed that her boyfriend had threatened her, they reported the matter at the Suswa police post where a policeman advised her to leave town for her safety.

She explains; ”The officer we found told us that there was nothing he could do. He told us that even if he arrested the boyfriend he would be released, and that the best thing to do was to flee. But unfortunately the incident happened before she left.”

The women are said to have sustained between 15 and 30 per cent burns on their faces, hands and legs but were in stable condition.They might be discharged from Cottage hospital after five days.Narok North OCPD Joseph Kisombe said police had launched a manhunt for the suspect, who could face arson and attempted murder charges.

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