The late politician Cyrus Jirongo’s final moments have taken a dramatic turn after new details suggested that he was most likely being trailed before he met his death in a tragic accident at Karai, along the busy Nairobi-Nakuru Highway.
As the police focus on Park Place along Magadi Road in Karen, the last known location Jirongo visited before the fatal crash, a proper analysis of the CCTV footage has exposed more details, raising further questions about the circumstances that led to the fatal crash of Jirongo.
Jirongo had reportedly spent the evening at Karen Oasis with National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula and city real estate mogul Rebman Malala before telling friends he was heading home to Gigiri.
However, questions are now being raised about the final movements of Jirongo, including a white Probox seen in the CCTV footage.
The CCTV footage that was analysed by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives investigating the matter shows Jirongo’s Mercedes Benz vehicle entering a petrol station at about 2:18 a.m., then making a U-turn before rejoining the highway, where a bus later collided head-on with his car.
Separate footage now shows a Toyota Probox entering the station seconds before the crash, which has raised questions in public discussions of the final moments of Jirongo.
On Saturday, December 13, 2025, at dawn, a white car drove into the petrol station right behind Jirongo without fuelling and stopped at pump number two.
It had three men, as seen in the CCTV footage. One of them got out and walked to where Jirongo’s car had been and then returned. A second man stepped out and walked to the co-driver’s door as a third man peeped out of the car.
It was at that time that the accident, according to CCTV footage, happened. The coincidence raises fresh questions about a car seeking no service at a station and being followed by the death of a prominent personality.
Cyrus Jirongo’s autopsy
Family pathologist Joseph Ndung’u on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, revealed that Jirongo died from a blunt force trauma that caused severe injuries to the chest, abdomen, spine, and legs.
Jirongo succumbed to injuries sustained in a road traffic accident involving his Mercedes-Benz and a Climax Coaches bus at the Karai area along the busy Nairobi-Nakuru highway.
DCI Investigations into Jirongo’s death
The DCI on Tuesday, December 16, released new details into the circumstances surrounding the death of Jirongo, and revealed that it had kicked off a probe into his death.
The DCI stated that the collision occurred at approximately 2:19 a.m., resulting in a head-on collision. Investigators say the force of the crash pushed Jirongo’s vehicle about 25 metres from the point of impact, while the bus came to rest roughly 50 metres away.
A combined team of homicide detectives and forensic experts from the National Forensic Laboratory visited the scene, documented evidence, and secured key exhibits. Among the critical evidence recovered was CCTV footage from Eagol Petrol Station, located near the crash site.
According to the DCI, preliminary analysis of the footage shows that at 2:18:40 a.m., Jirongo drove into the petrol station from the Nairobi direction but did not refuel. At 2:19:10 a.m., his vehicle stopped at the station’s exit before making a right turn back towards Nairobi at 2:19:19 a.m.
Moments later, at 2:19:25 a.m., the CCTV captured the PSV bus ramming into his vehicle.
Detectives have interrogated the bus driver, Tyrus Kamau Githinji, who had earlier recorded a statement at the Naivasha Traffic Base. He has been released on cash bail pending further investigations into the offence of causing death by dangerous driving.
