To most Nairobi residents, Mutindwa is a neighbourhood in Eastlands, or perhaps, their favourite market.
In eastern Kenya, however, the name refers to its biggest municipality, Meru Town.
Mutindwa, roughly translated to "where people spend the whole day", is what the town is known as to locals in Meru County, the neighbouring Tharaka Nithi and some of the larger Eastern region.
In fact, the original full name of the town is "Mutindwa jwa Kangangi", dating its origin back to the colonial era.
