- The body of former Lugari Member of Parliament Cyrus Jirongo was transferred to the Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi, where family, friends, and leaders gathered to mourn
- Jirongo died instantly in a road accident along the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway after his Mercedes-Benz collided head-on with a Climax Coaches bus
- The bus driver, Tirus Kamau, said that Jirongo had just left a petrol station and turned the wrong way shortly before the accident.
The body of the late Cyrus Jirongo has been transported to the Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi as the family begins funeral arrangements.
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The Jirongo family gathered at the center to receive the remains of their relatives, which were transported from the County Nakuruwhere he died in a road accident at dawn on Saturday, December 13.
Along with the family there were friends and political leaders, among them Lugari Member of Parliament Nabii Nabwera.
In a visibly sad scene, mourners lined up to view the body shortly after its arrival.
Jirongo’s body was previously kept at the Naivasha Sub-County Hospital mortuary after a fatal road accident.
The driver of the passenger bus involved in the fatal accident with Jirongo’s car shared his version of events.
Tirus Kamau, who was driving a Climax Coaches bus, said the accident happened at Karai in Naivasha along the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway early Saturday.
Kamau explained that Jirongo was alone in his Mercedes-Benz car, heading to Nairobi from Nakuru.
He noted that the former Lugari Member of Parliament had just exited the petrol station when he turned and entered the wrong lane.
At that time, the bus was on its way kiss from Nairobi.
Kamau said that Jirongo’s car seemed to avoid traffic on its side of the road and suddenly crossed the road where the bus was approaching fast.
The 52-year-old driver said he tried to avoid the collision but could not, as further deviation would have endangered the bus and its passengers. With no safe alternative, he braked, but the van still hit the bus.
“Mercedes came out of the gas station while I was driving towards Busia. He didn’t agree, and when he saw the traffic on his side, he changed my car. We collided head-on. My bus had 65 passengers. I tried to avoid him, but I was afraid the bus would overturn. I braked, and his car hit us. I didn’t know who he was until the police arrived and told me it was Cyrus Jirongo. I’m very sorry,” Kamau said.
The police later confirmed Kamau’s account, saying that Jirongo’s car was on the wrong lane at the time of the accident.
“The accident happened today at about 03:00 in the Karai area along the Nakuru-Naivasha Highway. It happened that one Cyrus Jirongo, aged 64, was driving a car number KCZ 305C, from M/Benz, from the direction of Nakuru towards Nairobi, and when he arrived at the accident site, he failed to continue his inner lane and collided head-on with an oncoming car, Climax Company,” read part of a police report seen by TUKO.co.ke.
Police reported that Cyrus Jirongo suffered serious head injuries in the accident and died on the spot.
His remains were transferred to the Naivasha Sub-County Hospital mortuary, where a post-mortem is expected to be conducted.
The damaged vehicles involved in the accident were taken to the local police station for further investigation.
Jirongo was a popular politician from Western Kenya and a close associate of the late president Daniel arap Moiunder whose administration he served as a cabinet minister.
He also represented Lugari State in Parliament for a decade, serving from 1997 to 2002 and later from 2007 to 2013.
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