Recently, love has lost its touch among many couples with a lot of domestic violence.
Police Officers are looking for one Wilson Saruni, 35, who allegedly
petrol bombed a single-room house belonging former lover Winnie Chepkemboi injuring four middle-aged women.
The four are recuperating at a Narok health facility.
The incident happened at Serena Plaza Suswa Trading Center at 4am Monday.
Ms Chepkemboi, a mother of two children from previous relationships, cited violence as her reason for leaving Mr Saruni. The children stay with their maternal grandmother.
The suspect, a resident of Nkareta in Narok, had unsuccessfully tried reconciling with Ms Chepkemboi.
And early Monday – in a bid to exact revenge – Mr Saruni allegedly threw a petrol bomb inside a house Ms Chepkemboi shares with three other women namely Monica Nyambura, Nancy Chepkemoi and Diana Chepkemoi.
All the four women work as barmaids at a local bar called Viusasa pub.
According to a clinical officer at Cottage Hospital, where the women were taken, the victims sustained respiratory problems and damaged tissues as a result of inhaling smoke and being burned respectively.
“The patients are in a stable condition, and are currently on antibiotics and painkillers. We would remove bandages placed on them five days from today [Monday] and, thereafter, monitor their progress,” said John David a clinical officer at Cottage Hospital.
According to Ms Chepkemboi’s roommate, Monica Nyambura, she arrived home at 11pm Sunday and was awakened by a loud blast early Monday.
Ms Chepkemboi says her boyfriend, who works at a Narok hotel as a waiter, had earlier warned her against leaving him.
“He had – on several occasions – threatened to petrol-bomb me should I fail to allow him back into my life. I rejected his advances, nonetheless. He, however, kept on nagging [me] until he carried out his threat early Monday,” said Ms Chepkemboi.
Monica Nyambura, Ms Chepkemboi’s roommate, wondered why Mr Saruni would subject all of them to harm, yet he had an affair with Ms Chepkemboi only.
Nancy Chepkemoi, another of Ms Chepkemboi’s roommate, said she found small parts of a container, which the suspect used to carry petrol, in the room.
The suspect also placed boulders on the door of the house, said Ms Chepkemoi.
The incident was reported at Nerekia Police Station.