When news broke of the death of Cyrus Shakhalaka Jirongo on the morning of 13 December 2025, Kenya lost one of its most distinctive – and divisive – public figures. A man whose life was marked by undisputed generosity, bold politics, varied business interests, and contentious finances, Jirongo’s story reveals much about Kenya’s political and…
A pathology report has confirmed that the late Cabinet Minister Cyrus Jirongo died as a result of severe crush injuries to the chest sustained during a road crash in Naivasha last week, bringing clarity to the cause of his death. Pathologists established that the fatal injuries were caused by blunt force trauma incurred at the…
The death of former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo has revived memories of a political partnership that once appeared unbreakable. As leaders of the powerful YK ’92 lobby, #Jirongo and a youthful William Ruto engineered President Daniel arap Moi’s 1992 re-election, commanding influence far beyond their ages. Yet beneath the surface of that success lay two…
