An autopsy has determined that former minister Cyrus Jirongo died from severe crush injuries to the chest, not head trauma as initially reported, in the December 13 road crash in Naivasha. Pathologists detailed blunt force trauma, while investigations into the Climax bus collision continue.
Former Minister for Rural Development and Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo, 64, died in a road crash on December 13, 2025, at Karai on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway. Initial police reports described a head-on collision after Jirongo lost control of his Mercedes Benz (KCZ 305C) and veered into the oncoming lane, striking a Climax Coaches bus (KCU 576A) driven by Tiras Kamau Githinji with 65 passengers.
A post-mortem conducted on December 17, 2025, by government pathologist Johansen Oduor and family-appointed experts at Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi has now established that Jirongo succumbed to severe crush injuries to the chest from blunt force trauma. Key findings include a perforated heart, multiple rib fractures, bleeding into the chest cavity, crush injuries extending to the abdomen, two right-hand fractures, and fractures in both lower limbs.
"There were two fractures in the right hand, as well as fractures on both limbs. The chest sustained multiple rib fractures, perforation of the heart, extensive chest injuries, bleeding in the chest cavity, and crush injuries extending into the abdomen," the report stated.
Family doctor Martin Wanyoike noted, "As a heart doctor, I witnessed a very severe injury to the heart, and those injuries are not compatible with the heart."
CCTV footage from a Naivasha petrol station shows Jirongo arriving at 2:18:40 a.m. from Nairobi, stopping at 2:19:10, turning right at 2:19:19, and colliding with the bus at 2:19:25. DCI detectives have the footage, re-summoned the bus driver, and are probing his prior movements, including a meeting at Karen Oasis Bar.
Jirongo's body is at Naivasha Sub-County Hospital mortuary ahead of burial in Lugari on December 30. The investigation remains ongoing.
