People who knew what was going on say that Jirongo headed out late at night, driving toward Naivasha. At first, he wasn't by himself.
A female friend was with him, and they drove together while it was dark. Nothing seemed wrong at the time.
Around 1:30 a.m., his car stopped near a hotel on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway. Jirongo let the woman out there.
People saw them talking briefly before she left. It seemed like a normal, quiet goodbye, but it turned out to be one of the last times anyone saw him alive.
After she left, Jirongo kept driving alone. Soon after leaving the hotel, he stopped again on the side of the road. He apparently pulled over to pee. Then, he got back in his car and drove on.
No one knows exactly what happened next, and Kenyans are trying to figure it out. Soon after, Jirongo was found dead in his car.
Everything from the late-night drive to the quiet stop on the road has people asking questions and talking about it everywhere.
His family and the public are having a hard time understanding why he died so suddenly. Jirongo was a famous politician and businessman, so the news of his death shocked the whole country.
As the police investigate, these last moments remind us that life can change in a heartbeat.
A normal drive, a quick goodbye, and a lonely road at night became the end of a life that used to be in the spotlight.
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