Kariobangi
Kariobangi is a low-income residential estate in northeastern Nairobi.
Kariobangi is a low-income residential estate in northeastern Nairobi. It consists of both apartments and slum-type dwellings. The name Kariobangi is believed to have come from an English phrase "Carry your bags" that was used by a white settler during the colonial period, that African natives mispronounced. It is split into two parts, Kariobangi North and Kariobangi South. The northern part was constructed first, with first buildings built in 1961. Kariobangi North is part of the Embakasi North electoral constituency. Kariobangi South is in the Embakasi West constituency. Kariobangi falls under two Nairobi sub-counties: with the north in Kasarani and the south in Njiru.
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Worth seeing in and around Kariobangi
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Moi International Sports Centre
The Moi International Sports Centre is a multi-purpose stadium in Kasarani, Kenya. It was built in 1987 for the All-Africa Games held in Nairobi.
3.9 km · multi-purpose stadium in Kasarani, Nairobi, Kenya · Wikipedia - 02Mathari Hospital
Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital is the only public psychiatric hospital in Kenya. It has capacity for 700 patients and is located near the slum area of Mathare district of Nairobi.
3.9 km · building in Kenya · Wikipedia - 03Ruaraka Stadium
Ruaraka Stadium, also known as Ruaraka Grounds, is a multi-purpose stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. It used mostly for football matches and is the primary home stadium of Tusker F.C. The stadium holds 4,000 people.
3 km · building in Kenya · Wikipedia - 04Nairobi Kenya Temple
The Nairobi Kenya Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in Nairobi, Kenya. Announced on April 2, 2017, by church president Thomas S. Monson during general conference.
3.6 km · LDS Church temple (2025) · Wikipedia - 05KCA University
KCA University is a private, non-profit institution that was founded in July 1989 as the Kenya College of Accountancy by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya to improve the quality of accountancy and financial management training in the country. KCAU is located on Thika Road in Ruaraka, Nairobi, Kenya.
2.5 km · private university in Kenya · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kariobangi
- Airports
- Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), 8 km · Kilimanjaro (JRO), 242 km · Eldoret (EDL), 260 km
- Stations
- Moi Air Base, 2.9 km
- Eldoret → Kariobangi105 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · KSh660–880
- Kisumu → Kariobangi42 km · quickest by road, 1h · KSh240–320
- Mombasa → Kariobangi438 km · quickest by air, 4h 11m · KSh7,140–11,090
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kariobangi
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kariobangi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMatatus (11- to 18-seater minibuses) and shuttles (6-seater cars) are convenient, inexpensive (and often the only) modes of public transport for connecting Nairobi with towns and tourist destinations in the Rift Valley and Central Highlands such as Naivasha, Nyeri, Nanyuki, Isiolo, and Thika.
- Get inMatatus can be obtained from the River Road area.
- Get inExtreme caution should be exercised in this area because petty theft is a major concern; avoid showing valuables such as mobile phones, even while in the matatu (see safety section below).
- Get inThe best method of connecting to a matatu is to arrange for a taxi to drop you off and pick you up directly at the location of the matatu that you are boarding or alighting from.
- Get inIf you're boarding a matatu from Nairobi, tell the taxi driver your destination and they will drop you off at the correct location.
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Next door to Kariobangi
Kariobangi is 8 km from Nairobi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Matharesuburb2.1 km
- Eastleighsuburb of Nairobi, Kenya3.5 km
- Komarockneighbourhood in the city of Nairobi3.2 km
- Makadararesidential neighbourhood in Nairobi3.8 km
- Mowlem, Nairobineighbourhood in Nairobi1.7 km
- Umoja, Nairobiresidential suburb in Eastlands area of Nairobi2.6 km