A form four student has been arrested for chopping off his father’s head in Bungoma County after his father went to ask him why he continuously missed going to school despite the fact that school fees had been paid and cleared.
The 45-yr-old dad, a local Jua Kali artisan, had gone to his son’s house to enquire on his habitual absenteeism from school, only to find him enjoying a romantic moment with a lady.
Enraged at the father’s intrusion, the 21-yr-old suspect landed on him with blows and kicks, before inflicting deep cuts on his head and arms with a machete. Members of the public who responded to the victim’s wails were too late to save him as he had profusely bled, sliding into his death.
Disappearing from the infuriated mob, Brian Wekesa of Kisuluni Secondary School took to hiding at a friend’s house, but has since been arrested and is being processed for arraignment. The incident happened at Namirembe village, Kanduyi.
Residents say the boy has been missing attending school despite his father’s efforts to pay school fees. They say the man always worked hard, with the little he gets to have his son go to school and was furious when he found out the boy was not in school.