GIKOMBA MARKET IN NAIROBI - Clothes Treasure Market

It is the world’s biggest second hand market. It is a town within Nairobi, and even more than a town.  It’s all about clothes but not all of it is second hand because the sound of hundreds of Singer sewing machines has one gets there testifies to that. This is a very vibrant and energetic part of the capital city of Kenya and it is evident that there are people who have spent their entire lives inside the market. 

TOI MARKET - Low Budget Shopping Spree

Shopping for clothes and shoes in Nairobi can be quite depressing as items are often overpriced. You walk in to a shop and fall in love with a top, shoe or dress and when you check the price tag out it’s like a slap in the face.

If you are hoping to look fabulous in the latest fashions without spending a fortune, this is where you need to go; it doesn’t matter what you want be it groceries, shoes, clothes, bags, furniture or jewelry. 

BUS COMPANIES IN NAIROBI THAT OFFER COURIER SERVICES

Apart from the known courier service companies in the country, we also have some bus companies that offer courier services to different clientele in various parts of the country.  The clientele varies from individuals to corporates.   The bus companies have offices in different destinations all over the country where the customers can get their parcels.  

Most of these bus companies offer services within the country but there are a few that go across the East Africa Region.

MACHAKOS COUNTRY BUS TERMINUS - Passenger be Alert

Machakos Country Bus Terminus is considered among the busiest bus termini in Nairobi. It is Located along Landhies road opposite Muthurwa bus terminus. The bus stage is used by people traveling upcountry more especially, to the Eastern, Western and Northern Parts of the Country. 

Being busy attracts all sorts of incidences both good and bad, but in most cases the bad ones prevail more than the good ones. As a way of giving you information on different locations, this is keep you alert while in such places. There are many told stories about machakos country bus stage and this mostly happens during the festive season.  The festive season comes in the month of December and at times during Easter Holidays when the city residents are traveling to be with their relatives in the village.  It is evident that it is during this time that people in Nairobi get enough time to join their other relatives upcountry.

NAIROBI MATATU MADNESS

HIKING OF COMMUTER FARES
Budgeting for fare in Nairobi can be quite a challenge.  Usually a city resident will always have to factor in fluctuations in commuter fares. In Nairobi one can never be sure whether what they paid in the morning going to work is the same fare they will pay coming back home.

UNIVERSITIES WITH MAIN CAMPUS IN NAIROBI AND ITS ENVIRONS

There are so many universities in Kenya and each of them is identified by where its main campus is located.  Almost all of them have branches in major towns just to reach to the masses but all their graduation ceremonies are held at their main campus.   Therefore it is easier to group them according to their main office location for ease of identification.   

Nairobi has the highest number of universities and those that are within its environs, we have indicated the matatu to board in order to arrive well at your intended destination.

HE COULD BE TARGETING YOUR PHONE, "WATCH OUT"

NAIROBI PHONE SNATCHERS
Life in the city is not easy; therefore you should always be alert while in town or when in a matatu heading to your intended destination.  There are people who work very hard in the right way to get a living but then there are those who will wait to rip from someone’s sweat. In Nairobi there are thugs who are specialized in taking passengers’ phones through matatu windows. They have perfected the art in the sense that you wouldn’t even notice how your phone was taken from you.

PASSENGER BEWARE

Not everyone who gets into a matatu is a genuine passenger because some people have bad intentions.  When boarding a matatu always beware of such people.  In matatus, more especially buses, there are these criminals who pretend to be passengers but their real intention is to drug genuine passengers and rob them off their belongings.

TRAFFIC JAM IN THE CITY

For a very long time Nairobi has been characterized with huge traffic jam that takes quite sometime to clear up.  Traffic in Nairobi is usually heavy in the morning hours when people are going to work and in the evenings when people are retiring from work. 

Some passengers prefer using matatus that have music in them. In this case they will listen to music to ease up stress and boredom that come up as a result of long hours on the road as they head to various destinations.  

LOCATING A HOSPITAL IN NAIROBI

In most cases we go to hospitals because there is need to.  Therefore one might have been in Nairobi for quite sometime and would not be able to tell the location of a particular hospital.  Yeah! It is very possible and it’s when we are faced with a situation that we start calling friends to ask for direction when you can just get it so fast through our phones. 

CASHLESS TRANSPORT SYSTEM

This is whereby the transport system is digitized.  The implementation of the system, starting with Nairobi, will see passengers using a pre-paid system to pay for their transport as opposed to the current cash system. The Card is free and there is no fee charged for topping up.

GOING UPCOUNTRY

Matatus for long distance travel have their termini located separately and mostly away from the city center.  Upcountry termini in Nairobi are usually very popular during the festive season unlike other seasons whereby one would not even notice but all the same it doesn’t mean that people don’t travel during other seasons as they go to different destinations.

LOCATION OF MATATU TERMINI IN NAIROBI

Matatus that ply set routes run from termini, and are used for both inter and intra-city travel.  The termini have been strategically located to differentiate their destinations.  For example most of the termini with matatus plying within Nairobi and its environs are located within the city center with a few at the outskirts.  Most of the termini are identified by either the street they are at or by a Landmark building near them. Therefore, the information given specifies the exact location of a particular bus terminus.