A Nyeri woman has brought the controversial discussion back on the table after three years of silence and tranquility.
The “ngangari” woman is said to have killed a suspected robber who attempted to rape her shop in Ngangarithi estate, Nyeri town.
The woman’s shop was broken into on Thursday at 3 am by three robbers who made away with valuables and money.
Nyeri women back in the spotlight for battering their husbands.
Nyeri women back in the spotlight for battering their husbands.
Posted by DAILY NATION on Monday, 29 October 2018
However, a neighbour is said to have alerted the shopowners who woke up and headed straight to the shop.
Upon arriving, two thieves are said to have scattered in two different directions as one of them remained hiding in a nearby thicket.
After the woman’s husband led the chase for the two robbers, the woman is said to have entered the shop to establish the extent of the damage.
It is while at her shop when the thief who remained in the bush came in furiously and attempted to rape her.
A scuffle would ensue as the woman wrestled the attacker to the ground. She would later grab a kitchen knife and deal him a fatal stab on the neck.
Feeling overpowered, the injured man staggered out of the shop and fell outside after losing too much blood.
“It is true there was such an incident this morning. We are still processing the information and we will release the details later,” Nyeri Central deputy sub-county police commander Bernard Amugune told reporters.
The discussion aroused a look into former incidences where women from Nyeri were said to be overly aggressive.
In 2016, two Nyeri women trended for the wrong reasons after chopping off their husband’s manhood over domestic disagreements.
In the first incident, Ms Ann Njeri severed his husband Mr Daniel King’ori’s genitals after the man came home drunk from partying hard in a local pub.
King’ori who came home in the wee hours of the morning met Njeri’s wrath in an ordeal that would completely transform his life.
Reports indicate that Njeri had found a packet of condoms in King’ori’s pockets and this sparked a heated exchange.
In the second case, then 27-year-old Valentine Mugure was arrested shortly after violently attacking his husband Paul Mwangi.
A neighbour had confided to reporters that Mwangi had come back home from work at a local supermarket when he left a Sh5000 for rent on the table and proceeded to take a shower.
On coming from the shower, Mwangi is said to have questioned Valentine on where the money had disappeared to but no answer was forthcoming.
A scuffle ensued from where Mr Mwangi was overpowered and pressed on the floor before Valentine reached for a kitchen knife and cut off his manhood!
For the better part of 2016, the media discussed the incidences that would later develop a stereotype of women from the region.