Probe on for prominent Nakuru church official after brutally attacking partner with knife

Elias Njau is suspected to have attacked Florence Njeri near her home on Thursday and fled the scene, leaving her for dead.

According to Wanjiku, who is now recuperating at a Nakuru hospital, Njau attacked her because of business and relationship reasons.

“I told him it was time to call it quits to let everything go, he also owed me money and I was requesting for that money,” she told Citizen TV.

Njau could not take no for an answer and attacked the victim, leaving her with 18 stab wounds and several severed fingers.

"On my right leg he was stabbing me and then tearing it and so he ran away," she added.

Wanjiku has since undergone the first of a number of surgeries.

Meanwhile, her attacker remains at large, but the police say his days as a free man are numbered.

"Before long the suspect will be in our custody. He can save us alot of time if he turns himself in. We are telling him that he can run but he can't hide," said Jasper Ombati the Rift Valley Regional Commander.

The attack has been condemned by leaders from the county who are calling for a speedy dispensation of justice for Wanjiku.

"We will stand with the family and when the security agents are done with the investigation, we volunteer on pro bono to hold brief for her family," said Gender Principal Secretary (PS) Anna Wangombe.

This attack is the latest in a series of similar attacks which have left many maimed and others dead.

The government had pledged to act and end these cases of gender-based violence which have in some instances turned to femicide.