Mukurweini was divided into seven administrative locations namely Gakindu, Giathugu, Gikondi, Githi, Muhito, Rutune and Thanu.
In addition to being the former administrative centre, Kîahûngû Township, in Mûhîto location, is also the seat for the following: Mûkûrwe'inî Sub-County Hospital, the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), the Nyeri Farmers Sacco, the Wakulima Dairy, Royal milk, Wakulima Farmers Sacco, a branch of Equity Bank and the Divisional offices for the Nyeri County Council.
He went on to build and boost the township's commercial stature before expanding business to Nyeri town proper.
Past Members of Parliament (MPs) for the area include Henry Wariithi Mutahi(1964–69,1974–79, and 1979–83), Morris Mwai Koigi(1969–74), Ngumbu Njururi Maiyani(1983–88 and 1988–92) and David Muhika Mutahi(1992–97 and 1997-2002),[2] a prominent farmer and businessman who is the leading light behind the Wakulima Dairy Farmers Association.
The most notable personalities from the area are: John Kuguchia,MP and immediate former assembly speaker for Nyeri County is also a prominent son of Mukurweini.
The include Rwarai, Gura, Mugono, Thagana, Gikira, Ndurumo, Thiha, Gathera and Ithanji rivers.
The failure to harness these abundant water resources for irrigated farm production is a draw back to District's economic development and food self security.
The river valleys in Mukurweini are home to many bird species a number of which are preserved at Wajee Nature Park.
The lower parts of the Division particularly Rutune and Thanu Locations have sandy loam soils which are not conducive to subsistence farming.
[15] An incipient services industry is developing gradually due to the demand created by relative distance to larger centres.
With encouragement, younger citizens are modernizing rural peoples' access to technical, property and project management, consultancies, and related services.
The tarring of this road will transform the economic fortunes of the people of Mukurwe-ini and has been a hot political issue in the Constituency for a long time.
Environmental decline especially soil erosion, deforestation, and over-reliance on old cash-cropping with inadequate attention to traditional staple crops for a growing population, land fragmentation,drug abuse and a changing climatic regime - these are also emerging issues.