Body of former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo moved to Lee Funeral Home

The former Lugari MP died in a road accident in the early hours of Saturday at Karai area

by EMMANUEL WANJALA

News13 December 2025 - 13:31

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According to a police report, he died on the spot after his Mercedes-Benz saloon car was involved in a head-on collision with a passenger bus belonging to Climax Sacco.
The bus driver told police that Jirongo had just exited a petrol station and joined the highway but remained on the wrong lane in an apparent attempt to avoid a traffic jam.

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The body of former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo has been transferred to Nairobi’s Lee Funeral Home.

The body was received by family and friends

Jirongo died in a fatal road accident in the early hours of Saturday, December 13, while driving from Naivasha to Nairobi.

According to a police report, he died on the spot after his Mercedes-Benz saloon car was involved in a head-on collision with a passenger bus belonging to Climax Sacco at the Karai area along the Nakuru–Naivasha highway.

The bus driver told police that Jirongo had just exited a petrol station and joined the highway, but remained in the wrong lane in an apparent attempt to avoid a traffic jam.

“He left the petrol station and joined the highway, but did not give way. He came straight towards me, and we collided head-on. I tried to swerve, but I felt like my bus would roll, so I slammed the brakes, and he came straight and hit the bus,” the driver narrated.

Police said Jirongo’s body was initially taken to the Naivasha Subcounty Mortuary.

Later in the day, it was transferred to Nairobi for preservation and arrived at Lee Funeral Home shortly before noon.

Immediate family members of former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo arrive at Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi, where his body was moved from Naivasha, December 13, 2025. /CYRUS OMBATIFamily and friends of former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo outside Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi, December 13, 2025. /CYRUS OMBATI

The vehicle used to ferry the body of former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo outside the Naivasha Subcounty Mortuary. /CYRUS OMBATICasket bearing the body of former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo is loaded into a vehicle at the Naivasha Subcounty Mortuary. /CYRUS OMBATI