Dagoretti Dagoretti is an area in the western part of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It straddles the Nairobi and Kiambu County boundary with the Dagoretti Road Reserve marking the psychological border point heading Northerly and North-Easterly. Administrativ ...
in the city of
Nairobi
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. It is approximately west of the
central business district
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of Nairobi.
Location
Mutuini is located approximately west of Nairobi's
central business district
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. It contains the Kirigu, Gatiba neighbourhoods and borders Lenana.
Overview
Mutuini is predominantly a mixture of the lower
middle class
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neighbourhood and the
low-income
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segment is also present. It forms part of the larger
Dagoretti Dagoretti is an area in the western part of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It straddles the Nairobi and Kiambu County boundary with the Dagoretti Road Reserve marking the psychological border point heading Northerly and North-Easterly. Administrativ ...
area. Like other neighborhoods in Dagoretti area, Mutuini is characterised by poor
infrastructure
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accentuated by poor
waste disposal
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This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitoring ...
, open sewers and unpaved roads, especially in the
informal settlement
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areas.
Mutuini Ward is also an electoral division within
Dagoretti South Constituency
Dagoretti South Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seventeen constituencies of Nairobi County. It is located to the west of Nairobi. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi County. The constituency was known ...
. The whole constituency is within Dagoretti Sub-county.