Police in Ahero, Kisumu county have arrested a 31-year-old man who is reported to have hacked his wife causing her death early Monday morning over allegations of infidelity.  

Jacob Ong'udi, the assistant chief of Kakola Ombaka sub-location, told the media that the bizarre incident happened at 1am.

According to Ong'udi, the suspect named Collins Otieno Kitoto had a bitter quarrel with his wife after he accused her of being unfaithful to him.  

It is after the bitter disagreement that Kitoto reportedly started slapping his spouse using a machete and later cut off one of his hands in the fight that ensured.

A panicking Kitoto later called neighbors to help him take his wife to hospital on realising the seriousness of his actions that left her bleeding copiously.

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Ong'udi confirmed that the woman passed away while being rushed to the hospital and the man was immediately handed over to the authorities at the Ahero Police Station.

The woman left behind a 7-month-old baby as the man awaits to be arraigned in Kisumu.