‘He h****d my shoulder after telling him he wasn’t satisfying me in bed’

An 18-year-old woman from Kagadi District in Western Uganda is recuperating in hospital after she was allegedly attacked by her husband for criticising his sexual prowess.

Ruth Imanishimwe, who is receiving treatment at Hoima Regional Referral Hospital, said her 26-year-old husband, Emmanuel Nsegimana, never satisfies her in bed -- and so, she made him aware of her frustrations.

Nsegimana allegedly hacked Imanishimwe in the shoulder after she allegedly told area elders that her man was weak in bed, and solutions were needed urgently.

The suspect is said to have accused his spouse of adultery, hence the reason she was not satisfied with his performance.

It is alleged that Nsegimana aimed at Imanishimwe’s shoulder in a bid to sever her arm from the body. The incident happened on Wednesday, October 24.

“When I complained about being ‘starved in bed’ he promised to take some traditional herbs to help him regain his prowess, but all in vain,” Imanishimwe told Uganda’s New Vision.

The victim says after Nsegimana failed to “rise to the occasion”, she left him and went to stay with her elder sister at Kafene Village in Burora Sub-County.

It is at the home of Imanishimwe’s sister where the suspect committed the crime before fleeing to an unknown destination, police said.

Kafene locality chairperson, Steven Mugisa, told New Vision that last week he received -- from Imanishimwe -- a complaint about Nsegimana’s “impotence”.

“I comforted her that I would see her husband and chart a way forward but before I intervened, she ran to her sister’s home; which annoyed her husband and he ended up cutting her; which is illegal and punishable,” Mugisa told the news outlet.

The victim, who was bleeding profusely following the attack, was rushed to Kagadi Hospital by Good Samaritans early Wednesday, Mugisa said.

“She was given emergency treatment and, thereafter, referred to Hoima Regional Referral Hospital,” said Mugisa.

Justine Kyakuha, a nurse in charge of the female ward at Kagadi Hospital, said the victim was referred to Hoima referral hospital due to lack of blood and other basic health facilities at Kagadi health facility.

“The victim’s health condition requires further management. She needs blood because she bled profusely and is very weak,” she said.

Kyakuha added that the victim’s left hand was completely cut off.

Burora Police boss, Gideon Bagoya, said Nsegimana will be charged with attempted murder once he is apprehended.

“We are hunting for him and whoever sees him should advise him to bring himself to police before being arrested or lynched by the mob,” Bagoya told New Vision.

Imanishimwe’s brother, Geoffrey Natukunda, said his sister hadn’t stayed for long with Nsegimana as husband and wife when the incident happened.

''They had just stayed together for a few days. The man convinced her that they would stay in peace since they were coming from the same region. Little did she know that the man was troublesome,” he said.

Natukunda says that his sister needs financial help, and appeals to well-wishers to assist them.