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The family of former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo is demanding clarity over his final movements, insisting he left Karen heading for his home in Gigiri, not Naivasha, despite police reports stating he died in a head-on collision on the Nakuru–Naivasha Highway.
Former Westlands MP Fred Gumo, who chairs the funeral committee, accompanied by his aide George Khaniri, said the family is struggling to reconcile conflicting accounts of Jirongo’s last hours.
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“We are demanding answers. The family is demanding answers,” Gumo said. “He was travelling from Karen to his home in Gigiri. How did he end up several kilometres away in Naivasha?”
According to Gumo, Jirongo’s intended journey was a short drive within Nairobi from Karen to Gigiri. National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula confirmed he met Jirongo at a Karen restaurant on the evening of Jamhuri Day. The two colleagues met from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. for what Wetang’ula described as a routine conversation, with no signs that it would be their last.
Wetang’ula said he left to rest ahead of a planned trip to Mazeras the following day. He only learned of Jirongo’s death the next morning after receiving messages on his phone.
According to a police report at Naivasha Police Station, Jirongo, 64, was driving his Mercedes-Benz from Nakuru towards Nairobi when he veered out of his lane and collided head-on with a passenger bus carrying 65 people, driven by 52-year-old Tirus Kamau Githinji. Jirongo sustained severe head injuries and died instantly.
Gumo emphasized that the family seeks a full explanation of Jirongo’s final movements. “Only the police can establish what happened. Let them review CCTV footage, including along the highway, and tell us what happened because we want answers,” he said.
Jirongo, a well-known businessman and politician, gained national attention in the early 1990s as the leader of Youth for KANU ’92, later serving as Lugari MP and a Cabinet minister.
