Traditionally, the people of Butere have been small-scale farmers planting sorghum, millet, maize, and assorted vegetables, alongside fishing in Lake Victoria, trading these produce with their neighbors from the south in Nyanza.

In the recent past, there has been an upsurge of self-help groups such as One-Acre Farm, Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya, Professor Ruth Oniang'o, and Hon.

Fred Omukubi Otswong'o (of Shatieta Self-Help Group) has authored an article on the use of intellectual property rights regimes to protect traditional knowledge of local communities, among others.

[3] The district is inhabited by 17 subtribes, among them Abakolwe, Abashitsetse, Abamukhula, Abatere, Abashirotsa, Abashiahaka, Abamwende, Abashibanga, Abashisa, Aberecheya, and Abachenya.

[4] Shikuku first lost the seat in the mid-1970s when he was detained by the Jomo Kenyatta government for saying that the then-ruling party, Kenya African National Union (KANU), was dead.

The 2007 election was again won by Oparanya as the constituency seemed to abandon Musikari Kombo in favor of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), now led by Prime Minister and Langata MP Raila Odinga.

[7] This was evidenced by an apparent rush by most politicians to troop to the party, among them former Minister Dr. Amukowa Anangwe, Businessman Justus Anyanga Wanekeya, and Arch.

In 2022, Tindi Mwale won Member of Parliament on the Orange Democratic Movement ticket against his competitor Habil Nanjendo of the Amani National Congress.

[citation needed] Today, many Butere residents continue to positively contribute to the church's development, including scholars like Fred Omukubi Otswong'o of JKUAT.

The introduction of the Constituency Development Fund saw Buchenya Girls' School being chosen as a center of academic excellence due to its central location.