This archive report was first published on 22 August 2019.
On Tuesday, a heated argument between two brothers in Vihiga County ended in tragedy, with one brother succumbing to injuries after being struck on the head with a blunt object.
According to reports, the brothers had quarreled over who should prepare their meal.
45-year-old Patrick Simwa, the suspect, was reportedly angered when his younger brother, Evans Alumasa, 30, asked him to cook the food he had brought home.
”The suspect was angered when his brother asked him to cook food. He told his younger brother off, saying he was not his wife. Alumasa slapped him prompting the suspect to retaliate by hitting him on the head using a blunt object,” said Izava Location Chief Alex Ukiru.
Chief Ukiru revealed that Simwa does not work and relies on his younger brother to fend for him, as they live in the same house their father bought.
The police are holding Simwa at Kilingili Police Station as detectives investigate the incident that has shocked the quiet Mang’únyuli village in Sabatia, located near Mbale town.
The body of the deceased was moved to Vihiga County Referral Hospital mortuary in Mbale.
