Prominent Kenyan politician Cyrus Jirongo, 64, died on December 13, 2025, in a car crash on the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway, with reports indicating alcohol in his vehicle and that he had dropped off a woman shortly before the accident. His death has sparked a national conversation about the interplay between personal choices and public life, given his well-known lifestyle involving multiple relationships and financial struggles.

• Jirongo was found with a half bottle of alcohol in his car after the fatal collision with a passenger bus.
• He was a former chairman of Youth for KANU ’92 (YK ’92) and served as Member of Parliament for Lugari Constituency.
• Jirongo was polygamous, reportedly having over 10 wives, and was declared bankrupt in 2017, owing hundreds of millions of shillings.