Gatundu is a small town in the Central Province

Central Province (Kenya)

Kenya's Central Province covers an area of 13,191 km² and is located to north of Nairobi and west of Mt. Kenya. The province had 4,383,743 inhabitants according to the 2009 census...

 of Kenya. Gatundu is also center of the Gatundu division in Thika District

Thika District

Thika District is an administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Thika. The district is adjacent to the northeastern border of Nairobi. The district has a population of 645.713 ....

. Gatundu is located 15 kilometres west of Thika

Thika

Thika is an industrial town in Central Province, Kenya, lying on the A2 road 40 km north east of Nairobi, near the confluence of Thika River & Chania River. Thika has a population of 200,000and is growing rapidly, as is the entire greater Nairobi area...

 and 15 kilometres north of Kiambu

Kiambu

Kiambu is a town in Central Province, Kenya. It is located at around , in the elevation of about 1,720 m. It has an urban population of 13,814. It is the capital of the Kiambu District, which bounds the northern border of Nairobi...

. Gatundu and its environs has two constituencies: Gatundu North

Gatundu North Constituency

Gatundu North Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Thika District. The constituency has four wards, all of them are within Thika County council. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections. Previously it was part of the larger Gatundu...

 and Gatundu South

Gatundu South Constituency

Gatundu South Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Thika District. The constituency has four wards, all of them are within Thika County council. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections...

.

Gatundu belongs to rural highland north of capital Nairobi

Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...

. Local people are mainly of the Kikuyu tribe.

The first Kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyattapron.] served as the first Prime Minister and President of Kenya. He is considered the founding father of the Kenyan nation....

 was from Gatundu, as well as his son, Uhuru Kenyatta

Uhuru Kenyatta

Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is a Kenyan politician, currently serving as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Finance and MP for Gatundu South Constituency. He is the Chairman of Kenya African National Union , the former ruling party, which is currently part of the Party of National Unity...

, now a political leader.

Gatundu town has been the headquarters of the newly created Gatundu District since June 2007.
Information from Dynamik pasha centre.