Shakhalaga Khwa Jirongo, popularly Cyrus Jirongo, is a politician and is a current Member of Parliament in Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

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Between 1978 and 1981 he went to Mang'u High School

Mang'u High School

Mang'u High School is a national high school established in 1925, located near Thika, Kenya.-History:The school was started in 1925 by a Dutch priest, Father Witte, C.S.Sp. at Kabaa. In 1939, the school was moved to a new site at Mang'u Village on 22 acres of land and because of accessibility it...

. He became the chairman of AFC Leopards

AFC Leopards

AFC Leopards Sports Club, often simply known as "AFC" or "the Leopards," is a soccer club, based in Nairobi which was founded in 1964. Nicknamed "ingwe" , it is a traditional and popular Kenyan team and its home stadium is the Nyayo National Stadium, with a capacity of 30,000...

 football club in 1991. In 1992 he led the Youth for Kanu '92

Youth for Kanu '92

Youth for Kanu '92 was a lobby group of politicians from the Kenya African National Union that was consolidated with the stated aim of rallying support and funding for the, then incumbent president of Kenya Daniel Toroitich arap Moi, in Kenya's first multiparty elections since the end of the Cold war...

 (YK '92) movement supporting the then ruling KANU

Kenya African National Union

The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...

 party ahead of the first multiparty elections

Kenyan general election, 1992

General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1992. Although they were the first multi-party elections since independence, the results were marred by allegations of ballot-box stuffing, and targeted ethnic violence in the Rift Valley Province...

 in Kenya.

He became an MP at the 1997 elections

Kenyan general election, 1997

General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1997. The result was a victory for the ruling Kenya African National Union, which won 107 of the 210 seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate Daniel arap Moi won the presidential election...

, when he won the Lugari Constituency

Lugari Constituency

Lugari Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is the only constituency in Lugari District. The entire constituency has eight wards, all of which elect councillors for the Lugari County Council. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections.- Members of Parliament :-...

 seat. Two years later he fell out with KANU and was associated with the unregistered United Democratic Movement party. Nevertheless, ahead of the 2002 elections, he was appointed the Rural Development Minister. At the elections he represented KANU but was defeated by Enoch Kibunguchy of NARC

National Rainbow Coalition

The National Rainbow Coalition was a coalition of Kenyan political parties in power from 2002 and 2005 when it fell apart in a controversy between its wings about a constitutional referendum.-Formation:...

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He formed a new political party known as Kenya African Democratic Development Union (KADDU) and successfully reclaimed the Lugari Constituency seat at the 2007 elections

Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007

Parliamentary elections in Kenya were held as part of the Kenyan general election on December 27, 2007; presidential elections were held on the same date....

. The elections were followed by political crisis in Kenya which was resolved by a broad coalition government. KADDU is the only parliamentary party not taking part in the government and Jirongo is the sole MP for the party.

He is polygamous and has three wives.