Wednesday September 19 will remain memorable to Cyrus Jirongo for the rest of his life. He spent a night in police cells for non-payment of a debt.
Without the help of Devolution secretary Eugene Wamalwa — who presented his Mercedes Benz car as surety for his release yesterday — things would have only got worse for Mr Jirongo who 26 years ago wielded power as a luminary of a well-oiled re-election campaign machinery for then president Daniel arap Moi.