Laikipia man unleashes terror on wife for ‘wasting’money on underwear

A woman in Rumuruti area, Laikipia County is nursing bruises incurred when her husband descended upon her for buying him expensive underwear as a gift.

Ordinarily, lovers buy each other the said garments as gifts. But this was not the case when a loving wife surprised his Maasai husband with a packet of the same.

The said pieces of cloth are very important for they are used to covers an important body part, and shield it from damage or indecent exposure.

However, to the husband in question the garments seem useless, and ‘wasting’ Sh1000 buying him such as a gift angered him.

It was a thrilling free-for-all drama as the man unleashed terror on her for wasting money.

Members of the public who witnessed the incident, say the man was very furious, and would have seriously harmed her, had they not intervened.

The man’s wife had gone for end of the month shopping at a nearby open market. And in a bid to surprise her husband, she chose to buy him a packet of the undergarments as a gift.

The man arrived home that evening and was enthusiastically welcomed by his wife. He did not understand the reason for her excitement.

He got curious. In the middle of barrage of questions, his giggly wife handed him the packet of boxers. Much to her shock, she received a thunderous slap across her face.

“Eish! Underwear inauzwa elfu moja ni ya nini, wewe mwanmke una wazimu? Kwani nikivaa hio kitu sitavaa long’i juu yake? (What’s the use of underwear worth a thousand shillings? Are you crazy? Is that underwear worn without anything else on top)?” a neighbour overheard the man yell at his wife.

According to the husband, the money should have been used on more important things such as food. That the man is not doing well financially angered him even more.

The man is a watchman at an Asian businessman’s shop, with a paltry Sh10,000 as monthly salary. The woman, on the other hand, is a grocer who runs a small stall at a nearby market. The money both make can hardly sustain their family.

To the amazement of neighbours, the furious husband went further and threatened his ‘wasteful’ wife with divorce.

Amidst the furore, the husband asked his wife to return the gift to where she had bought it, and demand a refund.

The wife was, however, adamant that the money was from her three-months’ savings, and the seller will not take the underwear back.

Infuriated, he descended on her with blows and kicks. Not even loud wails and pleas from neighbours to forgive her would make him relent.

The incident set tongues wagging with some neighbours discussing, albeit in hushed tones, how primitive the man was.

Meanwhile, other neighbours had no kind words for the woman, calling her an idiot for spending such colossal amount of money on such useless garments.

It took the intervention of an elderly neighbour to settle the matter. Fortunately, the woman did not sustain serious injuries, save for a few bruises.

The elderly mediator explained to the husband that the underwear was a sign of love from his wife, and pleaded with him to forgive her.

The man forgave the wife but vowed not to wear the boxers.