Itinerary of Jirongo’s body upon release from Lee Funeral Home
By Mabonga Makhanu, December 18, 2025An elder from the organising committee tasked with bidding farewell to Cyrus Jirongo has unveiled the itinerary of the late Jirongo’s body upon its release from Lee Funeral Home.
While speaking at the home of the late Jirongo on Thursday, December 18, 2025, the elder stated that the body will leave Lee Funeral Home on Saturday, December 27, 2025, and spend the night at his Gigiri home in Nairobi. It will then be transported to Kitale the following day, which also serves as his second wife’s homestead, before finally heading to Lumakanda a day before the burial, where it will spend the night ahead of the burial the next day.
“Jirongo’s body will be released from the mortuary on December 27, 2025, and will spend the night at his Gigiri home before departing to Kitale, which is his second home, and finally to Lumakanda, where the burial will take place,” said the elder, who is part of Jirongo’s funeral organising committee.
This arrangement is in tandem with most Luhya traditions, especially when the deceased is a polygamous man. Traditionally, upon release from the mortuary after preservation while funeral arrangements take place, the body is taken to the home of the younger wife before finally being taken to the elder wife’s homestead, where burial usually occurs.
Jirongo appears to have followed suit.
Invoking curses
This came after Tiriki elders visited the home of the late YK92 boss, where they invoked curses to anyone who might have heard a hand in the demise of the late
While speaking after visiting Cyrus Jirongo’s home in Gigiri, where they donned traditional attire to pay their condolences to their son, who was a Tiriki and born in Vihiga, the elders showered praise on the father of 38, describing him as the face of the Tiriki, a sub-tribe of the broader Luhya community, whose most norms closely resemble those of the Kalenjin community.
One elder, identified as Wandabuli, who donned religious attire synonymous with the African Divine Church, which is domiciled in major parts of Western Kenya, in his prayer told Jirongo’s spirit that if there was anyone involved in his demise, he should pursue them relentlessly and deny them peace.
With most Luhya communities traditionally burying their dead lying sideways facing their believed place of origin, he urged that Jirongo be laid to rest lying supine so that he could continue pursuing his killers.
“If there is anybody involved in Jirongo’s death, we tell him not to rest and to lie supine and follow that killer to the grave,” prayed elder Wandabuli.
Another elder, Thomas Ingara, who is in charge of Tiriki traditions and rituals and who led the delegation, portrayed Jirongo as the pride of the community, noting that many looked up to him.