Story highlights Politicians, activists and citizens nationwide in Kenya have condemned the attack

Kenyan lawmaker: "It is really sad that something of this nature would happen in this time and age"

Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) A Kenyan woman's hands were butchered and she was left with injuries to her head after she was brutally attacked by her husband, who blamed her for not being able to conceive any children during their seven-year marriage.

Jackline Mwende's husband, Stephen Ngila, allegedly attacked her in their home with a machete on July 23, which also left her deaf in one ear. Her father told CNN that Ngila "threatened to shut her mouth for good before attacking her with a machete."

Police and members of the community began looking for Ngila the night the attack took place. He was arrested the following day after appearing at the hospital where Mwende was being treated.

Husband, not wife, had reproductive issues

While Ngila allegedly attacked her because they weren't able to have children, a hospital in Nairobi said Mwende was fertile and it was her husband who had reproductive issues, Daily Nation reported.

"..the doctors had said he was the one with issues, which could be corrected.."#JacklineMwende#domesticabuse pic.twitter.com/KxKxPx0X8Q — MilangoWazi (@MilangoWazi) August 2, 2016