Shock has gripped a village in Rongo Constituency Migori County, after an assistant Chief’s wife set ablaze her house killing her child.
Rongo OCPD Peter Kirui said that the 35-year old Emily Odhiambo locked herself up in the house with her three children aged 3, 8 and 10 respectively and then set it on fire.
The woman and two children survived the fire incident which occurred in South Kanyajuok village over the weekend.
According to Kirui, the lady had quarreled with her husband David Onyango who is a local assistant chief.
Onyango was not at home at the time of the incident.
Neighbors helped to put off the fire before rescuing the four. Unfortunately, the three year old child died while undergoing treatment at the Migori County Referral Hospital.
"The two have been fighting frequently and the woman had been telling people that she will do something nasty to punish the husband for planning to marry a second wife. It is very unfortunate that she has included her innocent children in the heinous punishment," said a relative quoted by the Nation.
The woman and the two children who survived are nursing injuries at the same hospital as police continue with investigations.