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Christine Wawira shares hilarious matatu experience with partner at the Coast
15th September, 2026 11:21 AM
Christine Wawira has shared a hilarious account of her matatu experience at the Coast, revealing that a simple ride with her partner brought back memories of her childhood.
In a post shared on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, Wawira revealed that she travelled by matatu while at the Coast, with the experience becoming particularly memorable because of her partner’s first encounter with public transport.
According to Wawira, she had not travelled in a matatu for decades, with her last experience dating back to 1994 when she was seven years old. She recalled that the matatu she boarded with her mother in Nairobi was one of the bigger ones but was extremely packed with passengers.
“I haven’t been in a matatu since 1994 when I was 7 years old,” Wawira stated.
Childhood memory resurfaces
Wawira went on to recall an unusual incident from that childhood trip, explaining that she and her mother needed to get off the matatu but she could not squeeze through the tightly packed passengers.
Her mother and other passengers eventually had to get her out through the window.
“I remember it was one of the big ones in Nairobi and it so packed. My mom and I needed to get off and I had to be taken out THROUGH THE WINDOW because I couldn’t squeeze through all the people,” she recalled.
Wawira accompanied the memory with laughing emojis, showing that she now looks back at the unusual incident with humour.
The childhood experience also provided a contrast to her more recent encounter with matatus, which she shared with her partner during their time at the Coast.
Partner experiences matatu for the first time
Wawira revealed that the trip marked her partner’s first time travelling in a matatu. However, she joked that his height presented a challenge, particularly because of the smaller vehicles commonly used along the Coast.
“This is his first time in a matatu and he’s way too tall for the small ones in the coast,” she said.
She humorously compared the experience with Nairobi, noting that matatus in the capital are much bigger.
“The ones in Nairobi are much bigger,” Wawira added.
The experience appeared to leave an impression, with Wawira later admitting that the confined space was difficult to ignore.
“The claustrophobia was real,” she stated.
Her post offered a light-hearted look at the differences in public transport experiences while also showing how an ordinary journey can bring back unexpected childhood memories. For Wawira, the Coast trip became more than just a matatu ride as it connected her partner’s first experience with a mode of transport she had not used since childhood.
