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Kenyan media on December 17 saw a major shift in focus from the ongoing Jirongo death investigation to the passing of Supreme Court Judge Mohammed Ibrahim. Initial morning reports continued to detail new insights into Jirongo's final moments, with an MP appealing to his family ahead of the postmortem, and the DCI indicating a bus driver might face charges. By midday, autopsy results consistently revealed blunt force trauma and severe internal injuries as the cause of Jirongo's death, ruling out foul play.
However, the dominant narrative by late afternoon and evening became the death of Supreme Court Judge Mohammed Ibrahim after a long illness, with numerous sources across the media spectrum reporting on his passing.