Fresh doubts have emerged over the final movements of former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo, even as police insist he died in a road accident on the Nakuru\u2013Naivasha Highway.<\/p>\n
The funeral committee, led by former Westlands MP Fred Gumo with the support of George Khaniri, is pressing investigators for a clearer reconstruction of Jirongo\u2019s last hours. The committee says the family is struggling to align the official account with Jirongo\u2019s stated travel plans that night.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are demanding answers. The family wants answers,\u201d Gumo said.
\u201cHe was travelling from Karen to his home in Gigiri. How did he end up in Naivasha?\u201d<\/p>\n
Gumo explained that Jirongo had left Karen intending to return to his Gigiri residence, a relatively short trip within Nairobi. The family has questioned how he ended up several kilometres outside the city on a major highway in the early hours of the morning.<\/p>\n
The committee has called on police to fully reconstruct his movements, including reviewing CCTV footage along his route.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly the police can establish what happened,\u201d Gumo said. \u201cThey should check CCTV cameras, even along the highway, and tell us what happened because we want answers.\u201d<\/p>\n
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang\u2019ula has confirmed that he met Jirongo earlier that evening at a restaurant in Karen during Jamhuri Day celebrations.<\/p>\n
Wetang\u2019ula said they spoke between 8.30pm and 9.30pm, describing the meeting as a routine interaction between long-time political associates, with nothing unusual to suggest it would be their last encounter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told him I was going to rest because the next day I was travelling,\u201d Wetang\u2019ula said.<\/p>\n
He added that he only learnt of Jirongo\u2019s death the following morning after seeing messages on his phone.<\/p>\n
According to a report filed at Naivasha Police Station, Jirongo died at about 3am after his Mercedes-Benz was involved in a head-on collision with a passenger bus on the Nakuru\u2013Naivasha Highway.<\/p>\n
Police say Jirongo was driving from Nakuru towards Nairobi when his vehicle failed to keep its lane and collided with an oncoming Climax Coaches bus travelling from Nairobi to Busia. The bus was carrying 65 passengers at the time.<\/p>\n
Jirongo, 64, sustained fatal head injuries and died at the scene.<\/p>\n
Former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko has come out in defence of the bus driver, identified as 52-year-old Tirus Kamau Githinji.<\/p>\n
Sonko said the driver acted to protect his passengers and should not be blamed for the crash, noting that the law shields drivers who make split-second decisions in emergency situations.<\/p>\n
\u201cI stand with that driver because he acted to save 65 passengers,\u201d Sonko said.<\/p>\n
Sonko further claimed that Jirongo\u2019s vehicle failed to give way and pledged to offer legal assistance to the driver should he be arrested.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat particular driver, I will be the first one to bail him out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fresh doubts have emerged over the final movements of former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo, even as police insist he died in a road accident on the Nakuru\u2013Naivasha Highway. The funeral committee, led by former Westlands MP Fred Gumo with the support of George Khaniri, is pressing investigators for a clearer reconstruction of Jirongo\u2019s last hours. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6069,"featured_media":231208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[140256],"class_list":["post-231207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-cyrus-jirongo-news"],"yoast_head":"\n