A 65-year old woman is recuperating at Kiriaini Mission Hospital in Murang’a County after her son chopped off her hand in a family row over property.
The suspect, Zachary Githiomi, 30, was detained after he gave himself up to the police on Monday morning, officials said.
Mathioya police boss Pauline Mwangi said the suspect confessed attacking Ms Regina Wanjiru with a machete.
The police boss said the incident has occurred barely an year after Ms Wanjiru withdrew a complaint she had lodged against her son in connection with burning of her house.
She said the case was withdrawn after Ms Wanjiru declined to record statement against her son at Nyakianga Police Station prompting the police officers to release the suspect.