Naomi Chepkemboi, a Third Year Bachelor of Science in Public Health student at Pwani University, says she left her boyfriend in December last year because he was “irresponsible.”
Speaking from her hospital bed in Kilifi County, Naomi Chepkemboi said Mr Kipkoech showed up at her rented room in Kilifi early Sunday, when he meted out the ugly attack on her.
“He came [to my room] at
6am , and knocked on my door. I peeped [through the window], and saw him. I went back to bed because I did not want to open the door for him.He pleaded with me to open the door, saying he came with an aim of restoring peace between us,” Naomi Chepkemboi told Citizen Television on Monday.
Ms Chepkemboi’s ex-boyfriend, Henry Kipkoech, who is a student at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, stabbed her in the chest and neck last Sunday. The two have a 4-month old daughter together.
“[After much deliberation], I let him in. When we were done talking to each other, he rose and started walking out. I, thereafter, changed into my sleeping gown; and was in the process of locking the door, when he stormed in and locked the door from the inside,” said Naomi Chepkemboi.
Mr Kipkoech, thereafter, brandished three knives he had hidden in a paper bag and stabbed his victim in the chest and neck several times.
Doctors at Kilifi Hospital say Naomi Chepkemboi, who was taken to the facility by fellow students, is in a stable condition. The victim recounts ending her 2-year relationship with the suspect in December last year.
“When I told him that I have moved on, he couldn’t believe it. [I terminated my relationship with him because] he wasn’t a responsible man. His parents helped me and the baby for only two months.
[After much thought], I saw it unwise to stick with him yet he wasn’t looking after his child. He was the type of a man who would forcefully take my money, when he found me in possession of some cash,” said Ms Chepkemboi.
A Kilifi court on Monday, April 15 granted the police eight days to detain Henry Kipkoech. The suspect will undergo mental tests to ascertain his fitness to stand trial.
Mr Kipkoech told the court that he attacked his victim after she denied him access to their daughter.