3. Moi Avenue
Moi Avenue is Nairobi’s major road inside the city. It is intersected by Kenyatta Avenue, City-Hall Way, Haile Selassie Avenue, running West to East. Along the avenue, there is Jevanjee Gardens, Khoja Mosque, Moi University, Hilton Park, and many commercial facilities. At the south end, Nairobi railway station is situated.
Formerly, its name was “Government Road”, but renamed after Kenya’s independence as a sign of nationalism.
Tom Mboya was gunned down on 5 July 1969 on Government Road (now Moi Avenue) at his age 38. There is a monument in honor of Tom Mboya in front of Hilton Park.
4. Tom Mboya Street
This street runs from Khoja Bus Terminus, parallel to Moi Avenue, and connects to Haile Selassie Avenue. This street has a handful of exhibition like malls running from one end of the street to the other. Tom Mboya Post Office is located here. Other noteworthy buildings are Odeon Cinema, Afya Centre, several Tuskys and Ukwala Supermarkets, World Business Centre and Khoja Mosque. The Odeon Cinema Bus Terminus has public transport to Westlands, Kileleshwa and Highridge. Other bus routes on this street are Buru Buru, Eastleigh, Kasarani, Zimmerman and Githurai 44.
5. River Road
It is the hub of business activities in downtown Nairobi from electrical equipment stores to upholstery and cosmetics shops, financial institutions and footwear stores. Buses to Kampala in Uganda and Mombasa are situated here.
