Muthurwa Open Market — Local services in Nairobi

Muthurwa Market also known as Gikomba Open Air Market is no longer the way it used to be 15 years ago. Before you purchase what ever you want to Purchase... If you have not been there for several years, you got to understand the prevailing general Prices of items. The prices of the same items vary from one stall to the other.Therefote take your time to negotiate with the right owners of the items you want to purchase. The reason being that there are Brokers who are ready to negotiate with you ,hence hiking the prices of the items. You should have an idea of the prevailing prices before you go there to purchase, otherwise you might end up buying expensively. It was worth touring the place after so many years for comparison purposes with the Up Market Prices and in general a look at 4ps...

Muthurwa is located on the down town side of Nairobi City. You can access it by public means, private means or walking. It is one of the busiest open markets in Kenya. Most of the varieties you will find here are mostly house utilities, ranging from utensils, to beddings and mattresses, plastics like buckets and basins. All these are available at very affordable prices. This is the one stop market in Nairobi that can very much help you out when especially starting life, you will furnish your house at a very cost friendly budget. Do visit the place and let me know how's your experience. It's pretty crowded though and you have keep bumping into people,cars and especially motorbikes. Be aware of pick pocketers, be aware of your surroundings...

get everything you can think of for cheap,second hand and new clothes and shoes everywhere.cooking pots, toys basically everything,fruits and groceries too the market is always packed with customers, traders and idlers be ready to jostle your way around the market and be pulled by sellers this way and that way especially women,dont allow them or entertain for they will pursue you for hours and most of them are brokers who dont own the wares so will usually over price to get commission. the close proximity to the muthurwa stage also makes the number of people moving about to be twice as much. beware as you move around ,enter and leave the markets pick pockets ad snatchers are everywhere avoid using your mobile phone...