It is located west of Nairobi. The constituency was previously known as Nairobi west constituency from 1963 to 1969. In the 19th century dagoretti was populated with maasai and kikuyu people with wellcultivated territory. The area has 240000 population consisting of 65% children and youths others are middle aged. It includes these locations mutuini, riruta, satellite, waithaka and uthiru. The place is growing and modern houses have been built.