A crowd of more than one million is expected to attend Mass.
Ahead of the Mass, Francis had been meeting with religious leaders, who he said should be "prophets of peace" in a violent and hate-driven world.
The Pope earlier said conflict and terrorism fed "on fear, mistrust, and the despair born of poverty and frustration".
The pontiff has played down security fears about his trip, joking that he was "more worried about the mosquitoes."
A leading Muslim cleric in Kenya welcomed the visit, saying it gave hope to the "downtrodden in the slums".
In a speech later on Thursday, the Pope is expected to urge world leaders to work together towards the common good, rather than selfishly, ahead of environment talks in Paris next week, BBC religious affairs correspondent Caroline Wyatt says.
An atheist group said it would challenge in court a government decision to declare Thursday a holiday in honour of the pontiff.
Pope Francis's five-day visit will also see him go to Uganda and Central African Republic, which has been hit by Christian-Muslim conflict.
Kenya's government has said that up to 10,000 police officers may be deployed during the visit.
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