Located in the larger Kasarani area, it is approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of the central business district of Nairobi.

The neighbourhood is zoned as a low-density residential suburb with single-family homes.

[2] The neighbourhood is bordered by Garden Estate, Thome, Roysambu, Kasarani and Mirema.

The constituency encompasses other estates and neighbourhoods such as: Garden Estate, Thome, Ridgeways, Kiwanja, Njathaini, Ngomongo, Kongo Soweto, parts of Kahawa and Githurai, Mirema, Kamiti, and Zimmerman.

[4] Both electoral divisions are within the Kasarani Sub-county As of 2019, Marurui together with Njathaini had a population of 11,522, with 5,920 of them being male and 5,600 being female.