Her father told CNN that Ngila "threatened to shut her mouth for good before attacking her with a machete." Police and members of the community began looking for Ngila the night the attack took place. He was arrested the following day after appearing at the hospital where Mwende was being treated. Jackline Mwende's husband, Stephen Ngila, allegedly attacked her in their home with a machete on July 23, which also left her deaf in one ear. Husband, not wife, had reproductive issuesWhile Ngila allegedly attacked her because they weren't able to have children, a hospital in Nairobi said Mwende was fertile and it was her husband who had reproductive issues, Daily Nation reported.

Source: CNN August 04, 2016 04:07 UTC