A man who killed his wife for refusing to take him back after a breakup is in hospital nursing self-inflicted stab wounds after he attempted to kill himself.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations is waiting for him to recover and charge him with his wife's murder.
The DCI said the suspect killed his wife Veronicah Wanjiru after realising that she was not ready for reconciliation.
In a statement on Thursday, DCI said Wanjiru was attacked at Club 8 in Maai Mahiu where she worked as a cleaner.
"Wanjiru was cleaning the premises when her husband walked in and pleaded with her that they settle matters and she takes him back but a she refused," DCI said.
It is then that the man reached for a vegetable knife in his pocket and stabbed her several times on the neck, killing her on the spot.
"He then turned the knife on himself and in a powerful thrust, immersed it in his ribs in a bid to take away his life. Luckily, he survived the self-inflicted injury," DCI said.
The suspect is currently admitted at Maai-Mahiu hospital in critical condition.
