Naftali Kinuthia who hacked to death medical student Ivy Wangeci has confessed to killing her over a love relationship gone sour.
He says he regrets the incident and that he was overwhelmed by anger.
Naftali said he remembers getting an axe from his car to attack Ivy but noted that he was not himself during the events that followed leading to Ivy’s death.
“Looking back, I regret what I did. Even though I was hurt there were other ways I would have used to resolve our differences,” he said.
Kinuthia said he acted after seeing her long-time friend and intimate lover hugging another man on her birthday when he had travelled all the way from Nairobi to Eldoret to wish her happy birthday and had even paid Sh14,000 for the birthday party.
Wangechi was hacked to death outside the Moi Referral Hospital in Eldoret on April 9, 2019.
Naftali narrated how the incident happened when he gave his final defence evidence in the murder case which is being heard by Justice Stephen Githinji.
Kinuthia said he had travelled to Eldoret on the material day to personally wish Ivy a happy birthday even though their relationship was estranged and that she had blocked his phone for some time making it impossible for him to reach her.
He says he tried severally to reconcile their differences and communicated to her through a friend identified as Mary Ann Chepkoech. He had asked Chepkoech to convince Ivy that they meet and talk out but it did materialize.
Earlier he said Ivy had informed her about the birthday and that she needed Sh28,000 to host a party.
She requested him to help her with the cash and Kinuthia sent her Sh14,000 promising to deliver the balance on April 10th which was her birthday.
Later, she blocked him and he on April 4, travelled to Eldoret without informing her.
Efforts to have them sort out their differences failed because she refused to meet him.
He travelled to Eldoret in his car and went to the medical school where he packed his car and decided to locate Ivy physically.
“I wanted to wish her happy birthday and also inform her that I would not attend the party because I was to travel back to Nairobi immediately for work.
“I also wanted to deliver the balance for the party personally,” Kinuthia said.
While near the hostels she saw Ivy and went to meet her. Ivy was surprised to see him and immediately informed him that her new boyfriend would take care of the cost of the birthday party.
