A section of Kiambu residents are apprehensive of US President Barack Obama’s visit saying that there will be negative effects to their activities.
Despite a majority of Kenyans welcoming the visit, some feel that the disruptions will affect their lives in many different ways.
Key roads connecting Kiambu County will be closed for hours during Obama's visit and this will mean limited or no access to the city. Many residents of Kiambu who live in areas near Nairobi have businesses in the city while others supply goods to businesses there.
There are also those who work in Nairobi but live in areas which administratively fall in Kiambu County. Areas like Kinoo, Regen, Kikuyu, Ruaka, Ruiru, Thika and parts of Githurai host hundreds of people who commute daily to the city.
A matatu driver who plies the Nairobi -Kikuyu route, John Maina, says that the roads closure will affect their business in a big way.
"Nobody knows the exact duration that the roads will be closed although they are saying two hours. The other issue is that when the roads are opened, there will be enormous traffic jams," says Maina.
He adds that some people might decide not to go to the city due to this and those who will go might experience problems while going back home.
Waiyaki Way, which he and other motorists from that route use, is earmarked for closure for several hours today according to Nairobi County Traffic Commandant Edward Mwamburi.
Limuru Road and Thika Superhighway will be out of bound for motorists on Saturday with the superhighway closure extending to Sunday as Obama heads to Kenyatta University.
Mama Wambui who runs a grocery at Kinoo and gets her supplies from Wakulima Market wonders how she and her clients will survive this weekend as Kenya hosts Obama.
The possible disruption of mobile communication will add to the confusion too and most people decided to avoid using the mobile money transfer services from today to avoid a case of delayed service due to network disruption.