Police were quick to respond but could not do much apart from securing the scene and commencing investigations.
Officers from the Anti Terrorism Police Unit quickly sealed off the scene and could be seen collecting projectiles.
Body parts of some of dead were scattered all over Second Avenue in Eastleigh as onlookers gathered at the scene to view the damaged matatu.
Robert Mugambi, a businessman whose shop is located next to the scene of the blast, also recounted hearing a loud blast before seeing a ball of fire.
He says human flesh was flung at his shop window forcing him to shut down operations to join in the rescue efforts.
Tension remained high on Sunday night in Eastleigh despite a heavy police presence.
Eastleigh has suffered attacks previously within successive months.
A grenade attack killed one child and wounded nine others at the Anglican St Polycarp church in Pangani (near Eastleigh) on September 30.
At least three police officers were wounded on October 12 after twin explosions went off in Eastleigh.
Among those wounded in the attack was the officer in charge of Pangani police station, who sustained injuries on his limbs.
Kenya has suffered a wave of grenade and gun attacks recently, often blamed on sympathisers of Somalia’s Shabaab Islamist insurgents and sometimes aimed at police targets, since KDF went into Somalia last year to flush out the Shabaab.
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