Police officers have found themselves probing and incident where a man died by suicide in Uriri, Migori after the wife refused to cook him a chicken stew.
The assistant chief of Nyaobe reported that the 45 years old man locked himself in the house before setting himself on fire.
It’s reported that the wife refused to slaughter the harmless chicken because it belonged to their daughter.
“He protested after the wife urged him to get the green light from his daughter who owns the chicken,” the administrator added.
The man sent the wife away before getting into the house and torching it. Members of the public rushed to help set out the fire but there efforts were futile.
Atonya said the body of the deceased has been moved to Migori Level Four Hospital mortuary pending police investigations.
Meanwhile, the authorities appealed to couples to seek alternative forms of conflict resolution.
