On Sunday, June 26, 1994, at about 8:45, Dr Masinde, the Ford Kenya candidate for Mathare Constituency by-election was involved in a dreadful road accident on Ngong Road, near City Mortuary. Masinde had left his house in Woodley Estate together with his elder brother Richard and boarded a taxi at Adams Arcade. Dr Masinde was heading to Mathare for final preparation meeting ahead of the by-election on the next day,Monday.
That was his last movement before calamity struck, their vehicle collided head-on with an oncoming car, as another one rammed them from behind. The tragic incident became appeared fishy in all aspects and it is believed he was killed by powerful forces within mois KANU.
People voted for him while he was in the mortuary and be defeated kanu by a landslide.
He is the only member of parliament to be declared winner posthumously