How would you feel if you realized that you will someone equates your life to Ksh. 10, and they would actually end your life for such an amount of money?
People have become so careless with life such that they no longer attach any value to it. If people are not killing each other over love gone sour, then petty issues like small debts prompt people to kill or injure one another. Where is humanity?
Here is a shocking story of a man who almost killed his childhood friend over a petty issue.
A man from Shianda village, in Kakamega North Sub-County who stabbed his colleague over Sh10 debt, is being held by police
According to reports, the 22-year-old man attacked his friend Isaac Bonge, a Form One student at Ivakale secondary school with a kitchen knife stabbing him twice in the stomach over the Sh10.
Kakamega County police commander Wilkister Vera confirmed that the victim, who was admitted at the county teaching and referral hospital, was recuperating well after the vicious knife attack.
Ms Verah said the suspect who took plea two days ago is held at the Kabras police station as the police observes the condition of the victim.
“We requested that the suspect be held in police custody until the recovery report of the victim is availed to us from the hospital,” said Ms Vera.
Witnesses who were left horrified by the attack said the attacker had asked Bonge to go and pick the Sh10 which he owed him at his parent’s home but turned against him and stabbed him with the knife.
Survived Death By Whisker
Bonge’s mother Edith Musungu said her son went to collect the Sh10 he was owed by his friend but the incident ended up into his near-death ordeal.
“I was called by neighbors who asked me to rush to scene. When I arrived, I found my son lying in a pool of blood with his bowels pouring out. We rushed him to Malava sub-county hospital but he was transferred to the county teaching and referral hospital because his condition was worsening,” said Mrs Musungu.
Mrs Musungu said the two young men grew up together as good friends and could not figure out what had forced the attacker to assault his friend.
“It is so unfortunate that a young man can think of turning against his friend and inflict serious bodily harm,” said Ms Vera.
She said police in the county had identified Kakamega North, East and South as hotspots for frequent attacks among community members.