A wife slashed her husband's penis off in Uganda after he refused to have sex with her as punishment for her continuous heavy drinking.

Beatrice Acen, 35, returned home plastered at 10pm on June 30 and proceeded to demand sex from her husband, Moses Okot, a 46-year-old peasant farmer.

Mr Okot said that he had returned home from hunting during the day, eaten and gone to sleep when his wife attacked him.

A 35-year-old woman is on the run after she chopped her husband's penis off for denying her sex in the Apac region in northern Uganda. Domestic violence in Ugandan villages is rife with 92 per cent of people in a survey claiming to have been victims of abuse in the household (file photo of typical Ugandan village scene)

The man had denied his wife sex because he 'would not tolerate' her alcoholism and hoped she 'would reform.' In their village, women are drinking just as much as the men, according to the village's chairman. Mr Okot's wife had even broken her husband's collar bone in a previous tussle (file photo of similar village in Uganda)

On her return to the house she called out to him to open the door for her.

He was already asleep and awoke to 'find my pants wetted with blood,' he said.

Mrs Acen is now on the run, according to the Daily Monitor.

The victim believes that his wife resorted to this drastic measure due to his longstanding method of punishing her for her 'alcoholism.'

'As a man, I would no longer tolerate such, so I decided to deny her sex with hope that she would reform,' he said.

Mr Okot was taken straight to his local police outpost after the incident to file a report before being 'rushed to hospital.' A case of causing grievous harm has been filed against Mr Okot's wife but she fled after committing the crime (file photo)

This is not the first time that Mrs Okot got physical when her husband denied her advances, the report claimed.

The chairman of the village where the couple live is quoted as saying: 'Last year, she broke this man’s collar bone during a domestic fight and ran away.'

He added that domestic violence is rife in the village with the women drinking as much as the men.

Mr Okot was taken to the local police station to file a complaint against his wife before being rushed to Apac main hospital where he is now receiving medical treatment.

Domestic violence is a big problem in Uganda, especially northern Uganda where Mr Okot's village is located.