Nairobi Matatu Route Numbers

Nairobi matatu route numbers were conspicuous in the past years. Today, you may have a problem especially with the 32-seater buses that rarely display route numbers instead largely relying on touting.

Also, every time a new matatu sacco joins a route, they get their own designated station for boarding. You should therefore be keen on such stations around the city and the saccos that operate them.

For example, you can get a matatu to Thika from almost seven stations in the city.

Updated Nairobi Matatu Route Numbers and Stations

Matatus are the main means of public transport in Nairobi. You can however catch a taxi or the train of you live along the railway line in Eastlands and Kikuyu.

Matatus connect city estates and the CBD, estates to estates, and the city to the metropolis, and the city to upcountry towns.

Every new estate or road comes up with a new route according to necessity. The following are the current Nairobi matatu route numbers. They are arranged in chronological order:

Nairobi Matatu Route Number	Destination connections	Route name	Where to board matatu in Nairobi
1	Karen – Dagoretti Market	Karen Dagoretti	Karen Stage, Dagoretti Market
2	CBD – Dagoretti Corner – Kawangware – Waithaka	Ngong Rd – Naivasha Rd	Railways
2B	CBD – Dagoretti Market	Ngong Rd – Naivasha Rd – Kikuyu Rd	Railways
2C	CBD – Dagoretti Corner – Kawangware – Waithaka – Muthama	Ngong Rd – Naivasha Rd – Kikuyu Rd	Railways
3	Dagoretti Corner – Kawangware – Uthiru	Naivasha Rd	Corner, Uthiru
4	CBD – Pumwani – Madiwa – Eastleigh Section 3		Luthuli Av
4C	CBD – Adams Arcade – Kabiria	Ngong Rd – Naivasha Rd – Kinyanjui Rd	Railways
4W	CBD – Adams Arcade – Wanyee – Kabiria	Ngong Rd – Nivasha Rd – Wanyee Rd	Railways
5/5C	CBD – Adams Arcade – Jamhuri	Ngong Rd	Railways
6	Eastleigh – Likoni Rd – Lunga Lunga rd – Sinai		Eastleigh, Sinai
7	Majengo – Gikomba		Majengo, Gikomba
7B	CBD – Bunyala Rd – Upper Hill – Kenyatta National Hospital		Kencom, GPO
7C	CBD – Community – Upper Hill – Kenyatta National Hospital		Kencom, GPO
8	CBD – Prestige – Kibera	Ngong Rd	Railways, GPO, Serena
8B	Gikomba – Eastleigh – Bahati -Jerusalem – Jericho	Jogoo Rd	City Stadium
9/6	CBD – Ngara – Eastleigh Garissa Mall		Tom Mboya St
10	Muthurwa – Shauri Moyo		Muthurwa
10	CBD – Mbotela – Jericho
11	CBD – Aga Khan – Parklands – Highridge		Odeon
11A	CBD – Ngara – Stima Plaza		Odeon
11B	CBD – South B – Balozi – Hazina		Bus Station
11C	CBD – KICD – Pangani		Odeon, Khoja
12C	CBD – South C – Mugoya – Bellevue		Bus Station
12D	CBD – Mombasa Rd – Nextgen – KPA	Mombasa Rd
14	CBD – Kariobangi North		Ronald Ngala St
14A	CBD – Madaraka – Strathmore – Texas Centre	Langata Rd	Tom Mboya St, Bus Station
15	CBD – Langata – Otiende – St Mary’s Hospital –	Langata Rd	Tom Mboya St (towards Bus Station)
15/34	Kenyatta National Hospital – Mbagathi – Langata		KNH
16	CBD – Highrise – Soweto	Langata Rd	Bus Station
17A	Gikomba – Saika – Kayole	Juja Rd	Ring Rd Pumwani
17B	CBD – Kasarani – Roysambu – Mwiki	Thika Rd	Behind Bus Station
18C	Eastleigh – Saika – Komarock	Juja Rd
18/62	Eastleigh – Ruai – Saika – Joska	Juja Rd
19C	CBD – B Centre – Komarock	Jogoo Rd – Manyanja Rd	Mfangano St
19/60	CBD – B Centre – Kayole	Jogoo Rd – Manyanja rd	Mfangano
20	Roysambu – Mwiki – Kayole – Mama Lucy Hospital Umoja		Roysambu, Mama Lucy
22	CBD – Kangemi – Uthiru/Kabete Polytechnic – Ndumbu-ini	Waiyaki Way	Latema Rd, Lagos Rd
23	CBD – Jericho – Harambee – Kariobangi South – Civil Servant	Juja Rd	Ronald Ngala St, Tom Mboya
23	CBD – Westlands – Kangemi	Waiyaki Way	Odeon
23B	CBD – Westlands – Kangemi – Uthiru – Dagoretti Centre Market	Waiyaki Way, Muhuri Rd	Odeon, Tom Mboya St
23C	CBD – Regen	Waiyaki Way	Tom Mboya St
23/30	CBD – Westlands – Kangemi	Waiyaki Way	Odeon
24	CBD – Bomas – Hardy – Karen	Ngong Rd	Kencom
25/25A	CBD – Allsopps – Baba Dogo – Lucky Summer
26	Jogoo Rd – Makadara – Jericho – Kariobangi Roundabout (Raunda)		Jogoo RD
28	Gikomba – Huruma – Kariobangi North	Juja Rd	Gikomba Market
29/30	CBD – Survey – Mathare North
30	CBD – KANGEMI – KINOO – REGEN	Waiyaki Way	Tom Mboya St
32	CBD – Ayany – Woodley – Kibera	Ngong Rd	GPO, Kencom
32/42	CBD – Dandora	Jogoo Rd, Outer Ring	Ambassedeur
33	CBD – Ngummo		Ambassedeur, Kencom
33	CBD – Utawala	Mombasa Rd	Tom Mboya Gill House
33A	CBD – Embakasi Gate A and Gate B	Mombasa rd
33B	CBD – Fedha – Nyayo Gate B	Jogoo Rd	Gill House, Ambassedeur
34	CBD – Pipeline – Donholm – CBD	Mombasa Rd	Ambassadeur
34A	CBD – Donholm – Pipeline – JKIA	Jogoo rd	Ambassedeur
34B	CBD – Donholm – Svannah – Jacaranda	Jogoo rd	Ambassedeur
34C	CBD – Donholm – Greenfields	Jogoo Rd	Ambassedeur
35 or 35/60	CBD – Donholm – Umoja 2	Jogoo rd	Ronald Ngala St
36	City Stadium – Buruburu – Kariobangi South – Dandora	Jogoo Rd	City Stadium
37/38	Eastleigh – Saika – Njiru – Ruai	Juja Rd	Eastleigh, Ruai
39	CBD – Njiru – Ruai – Kamulu – Joska – Malaa – Kantafu		Bus Station
40	CBD – Mbagathi – Ngummo	Mbagathi way	Bus Station
41	Gikomba – Kayole		Gikomba
43	CBD – Ruaraka – Ngumba	Thika Rd	Bus Station
44	CBD – Zimmerman – Githurai – Kahawa West	Thika Rd	Ronald Ngala St, Tom Mboya St
45	CBD – Roysambu – Githurai	Thika Rd	Ronald Ngala St, Tom Moya St
45	CBD – Githurai – KU	Thika Rd	Ronald Ngala St, Tom Mboya St
46	CBD – Huruma	Juja Rd	Ronald Ngala St
46	CBD – Hurlingham – Lavington – Kawangware	Ngong Rd – Argwings Kodhek – Gitanga Rd	Kencom
47A	CBD – Kahawa Sukari – Mwihoko	Thika Rd	Tom Mboya St
49	CBD – Clay City/Works	Thika Rd
53	CBD – Roasters – Thome – Marurui
56	CBD – Kawangware 56 / Stage 2	Ngong Rd	Railways
58	CBD – Buruburu – Mesora	Jogoo Rd	Tom Mboya Tuskys
60	CBD – Kayole		Mfangano
61	City Stadium – Kayole	Jogoo Rd – Manyanja Rd	City Stadium
69/73	CBD – Industrial Area – GM- Imara Daima – Mukuru kwa Nnjenga	Mombasa Rd
70/71	Muthurwa – Lunga Lunga – Sinai – Donholm		Muthurwa
100	CBD – Kiambu		Tom Mboya Commercial, Khoja
101	Kikuyu – Banana		Kikuyu
102	CBD – Waithaka – Alliance – Kikuyu	Ngong Rd – Naivasha Rd – Kikuyu Rd	Tom Mboya Tuskys, Railways
103	Dagoretti Corner – Kawangware – Uthiru – Muthiga – Wangige	Naivasha Rd – Waiyaki Way	Corner, Kawangware, Uthiru
105	CBD – Kinoo – Kikuyu	Waiyaki Way	Tom Mboya St, Archives
106	CBD – Ruaka – Banana		Khoja
107	CBD – Ruaka – Ndenderu		Khoja
108	CBD – Gachie – Gichagi		Khoja
110	CBD – Athi River – Kitengela	Mombasa Rd	Near Easy Coach Haille Sellasie Av
111	CBD – Ngong Town – Kiserian	Ngong Rd	Railways
112	CBD – Kikuyu – Gikambura
114	CBD – Kabuku – Limuru		Roast House
115	CBD – Rironi – Limuru	Waiyaki Way	Roast House
116	CBD – Tigoni – Limuru		Roast House
117	CBD – Syokimau – Katani Rd
118	CBD – Lower Kabete – Wangige	Lower Kabete Rd	Khoja, Westlands
119	CBD – Mwimuto – Wangige	Lower Kabete Rd	Khoja, Westlands
119A	CBD – Westkands – Gathiga
120	CBD – Kiambu – Githunguri		Khoja
122	CBD – Kiambu – Inagi
125	CBD – Bomas – Ongata Rongai	Ngong Rd	Gill House, Railways
126	CBD – Rongai – Kiserian		Gill House, Railways
129	Kikuyu – Wangige – Ndenderu		Kikuyu
131	CBD – Zambezi – Nderi
132	Kikuyu – Limuru	Nakuru Highway	Kikuyu
133	CBD – Kayole – Mihango
134	CBD – Isinya – Namanga – Oloitoktok		River Rd – Ronald Ngala St Junction
135	Dagoretti Corner – Kawangware – Uthiru – Limuru	Naivasha Rd – Nakuru Highway	Corner, Kawangware, Uthiru, Nakuru Highway
145	CBD – Ruiru	Thika Rd
146	CBD – Gatundu
160	CBD – Kibichoi
201/202	CBD – Tala – Kangundo	Kangundo Rd
236	CBD – Juja – JKUAT
237	CBD – Thika Town	Thika Rd	Behind Firestation
238	CBD – Makongeni – Posta

*The content of this table is updated for accuracy every now and then.

The future for Nairobi matatu route numbers

The introduction of saccos made most matatus to stop displaying route numbers. If you get lost, find a conductor or driver and ask them for assistance. Drivers usually dress in blue uniforms while conductors dress in maroon uniforms.

Some saccos have station managers who wear overalls or long jackets with the sacco name. Treat any person without a uniform as a tout and trust them at your own risk.

The government is working on getting matatus out of the CBD. New terminuses are coming up, and once ready the government will give directives. There are plans to introduce a BRT also, but it has been hectic since it appears roads were not constructed with this in mind.

The Nairobi Expressway is however open to all road users who can pay the toll fees. Matatus occasional use it.