Uthiru is a settlement transversing in both Nairobi County and Kiambu County on the northwest side of the city centre of Nairobi.

ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute) has its headquarters in Uthiru.

[1] Kinoo Deanery of the Anglican Church of Kenya is divided into Kinoo, Muthiga, Uthiru, and Kiuru Parishes.

[3] It belongs to Uthiru Archdeaconry of The Diocese of Mount Kenya South.

[3] St Stephen Catholic Church exists in Uthiru.