It was a miracle, says woman jailed for one day

Truphena Aswani during an interview with the standard at their Kakamega county home yesterday. She was jailed for one day after she was found guilty of killing her husband James Oyengo Obochi. [MUMO MUNUVE, Standard]

Miracles still exist. This is what the 49-year-old woman who confessed to killing her husband makes of her one-day jail sentence.

Truphena Ndonga Aswani pleaded guilty to slashing her husband to death while defending herself. 

Last Tuesday, the High Court sitting in Siaya put her behind bars for a day. The following day, she was out. A free woman.  She is still puzzled and elated. ‘Justice, ‘she says, ‘has been served.’