Kitui to Nairobi: How to Travel from Kitui to Nairobi

There are two ways in which you can travel from Kitui to Nairobi.

The first way is where, from Kitui, you take the B7 road up to the Garissa Road Junction, then turn left at that junction and travel past Matuu and Thika and finally into Nairobi. So from Kitui town, you drive down past Kalundu river/riverside, and at the Syongila Junction, you don’t turn but drive straight on – past towns like Kabati, Katutu and Kathiiani up to the Garissa Road Junction. At that Junction, you turn left, then drive past Matuu and Thika in order to get to Nairobi.

The second way to travel from Kitui to Nairobi is where you go via Machakos. So from Kitui town, you drive past kalundu/riverside, then at the Syongila junction, you turn left and drive all the way to Kwa Vonza from where you take the Kitui to Machakos road. Then you drive past towns like Wamunyu, Mwala and Masii onto Machakos. At Machakos, you drive for 16 kilometers to join the Mombasa road at Makutano ma Kyumbi. Then you drive past Lukenya, Athiriver and Mlolongo to finally get to Nairobi. There is yet another alternative where, upon getting to Machakos town, you can take the Machakos Kangundo road, past towns such as Mumbuni, Mutituni, Kaloleni and Kenol before joining the Nairobi Kangundo road at Koma Rock then drive past towns such as Kamulu, Malaa and Ruai to finally arrive at Nairobi on the eastlands side.

The first approach, of driving along the B7 (kabati, katutu and Kathiiani) all the way to Garissa road junction, then driving past Matuu and Thika is arguably the most straightforward way to travel from Kitui to Nairobi.

There are various matatus and Nissan, under saccos such as Kinatwa Sacco, Kinathi Sacco and Umowa Sacco that you can use to travel from Kitui to Nairobi. The Kitui to Nairobi matatus tend to fill up pretty fast and the journey between Kitui and Nairobi should take anything between 2 and 3 hours.