ADVERTISEMENT On December 13, 2025, former Lugari MP and veteran Kenyan politician Cyrus Jirongo died in a head-on collision on the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway at around 3 a.m. His Mercedes-Benz collided with a passenger bus, resulting in fatal injuries confirmed by autopsy as severe blunt force trauma to the chest and abdomen.
Yet in the weeks that followed, Jirongo’s death became shrouded in controversy—not just political, but cultural. At his burial in Lumakanda, Kakamega County, on December 30, 2025, a traditional Tiriki ritual took center stage: the placement of a lit torch in his grave. According to some Luhya elders and community members, this rite is invoked when murder is suspected, empowering the deceased’s spirit to “hunt” those responsible.
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