A 33-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly battered his wife to death in a domestic quarrel over shopping money in Kenyerere village, Kisii County.
The wife, a 28-year-old and a mother of three children succumbed to injuries following a beating on June 18, police said.
The husband told police he had handed the woman Sh4,000 for house shopping but she failed to return in time.
When she returned home, she arrived drunk and without the said shopping which irked the man.
It was then he allegedly assaulted her in front of her children badly injuring her in the head.
The deceased body had visible strangulation marks, swollen cheekbones, swollen head, deep cut injury on the fingers and bruised thighs, police said.
A machete was recovered from the house and kept as an exhibit as the suspect was arrested.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy.