A former Eldoret DC broke down as he stood in the witness dock to testify about his late wife’s last minutes in the hands of a murderer.
The ex-administrator, Paul Yatich narrated to the court that he got a phone call from a woman called Mama Chela inquiring whether he had spoken to his wife.
Mr Yatich informed the court that he made several frantic calls to his wife phone numbers but were not going through raising suspicion.
“It was getting late and as I still tried to contact my wife, there were no response from all her lines. I then decided to report the matter to the police and the CID headquarters,” he said.
Yatich testified that the following day, October 13, 2018, he went with the police officers to his wife’s home and found all the doors closed.
Broke down
According to his testimony, when police broke the doors and windows to access the house they found blood around the edge and near the kitchen.
Yatich, who couldn’t hold back his tears,told the court that he saw the body of his wife lying on the floor with cuts all over her body and her legs were tied up.
“Her hands had deep cuts as well as her neck. Her legs were tied up tight that should she couldn’t even move or defend herself,” he told the court.
Murder suspect
Boniface Kiptoo, who is a herdsman, is linked to the murder of Yatich’s wife, Loise, and is facing robbery with violence charges.
The deceased worked with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) as a curriculum support development officer in Uasin Gishu County.
Kiptoo appeared before Chief Magistrate Charles Obulutsa where he is facing robbery with violence charges and handling stolen property belonging to the deceased.
More witnesses testify
Another witness Ester Kemei, a close friend to the deceased, told the court that the deceased, employed the accused on October 6 as her herdsman.
Ester told the court that the deceased had called on Saturday for them to go harvest some produce in her farm.
Suspicious absence
Ms Kemei added that she did not hear from her on Sunday which was unusual as she used called on her.
On October 15, last year, the herdsman is said to have delivered milk to the AP camp that is close to the place where the deceased lived.
She testified that the accused failed to deliver the milk on Sunday and on interrogation he claimed bees attacked the cows and couldn’t be milked.
He added that Kiptoo told them that Mrs Yatich had left for Nairobi on early Sunday morning.