Former Lugari Member of Parliament Cyrus Jirongo could survive for only three minutes after the deadly road accident in Naivasha.
This was part of the findings of the postmortem results conducted on his body on December 17, 2025 at Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi.
A three-hour long autopsy was led by Chief government pathologist Dr Johansen Oduor and his counterparts Dr Bernard Midia and Dr Joseph Ndung’u representing the family, showing that although Jirongo exhibited few injuries externally, severe internal injuries caused his death.
The pathologists unanimously concluded that Jirongo died as a result of crash-related injuries to the chest and abdomen, as well as spinal injuries caused by blunt force trauma.
“There was a fracture involving the right hand, two fractures involving the right hand, and then there were fractures of both lower limbs,” Dr Ndung’u explained.
He added: “There was a crash injury to the chest with multiple ribs fracture. We also noted perforation of the heart with the rupture of most of the major vessels that connect the heart.”
Dr Oduor said some samples from Jirongo’s body were collected for toxicological analysis. “The samples have been taken in sets, some which will be analysed by our government chemists, and some which will be analysed by the pathologists on the family,” said Oduor
The exercise he said will take about one month or up to six weeks urging Kenyans to be patient for the final outcome. Some DNA samples were collected for analysis.
Jirongo’s long time doctor, Wanyoike who is a cardiologist and was among those who oversaw the postmortem, said he witnessed severe injury to the heart and that the left ventricle was raptured.
“The main pipe from the heart had disconnected from the organ and those injuries are not compatible with life and when that happens you rarely have three minutes to go,” the doctor added.
Some family members who spoke on condition of anonymity said it was still puzzling that the car Jirongo was driving did not have visible bloodstains. “To me it sounds like a script, I was among the first people to arrive at the accident scene and it did not appear usual, the car airbags were not out as it ought to have been,” the kin said.
At Naivasha Police Station, Jirongo’s Mercedes-Benz, registration KCZ 350C, lies in ruins. The front part completely smashed, oil still leaking, steering wheel missing and the right side of the rear bumper hanging indicating high impact.
In the vehicle, personal effects including a gold-coated bracelet and plastic cups are littered on the floor. There are no blood stains in the car though the airbags in the front have popped out.
