[1] Following the transfer of some of territory from Uganda to British East Africa, Nandi District was a subdivision of Kisumu Province.
[4] As per the new law new counties were to be created based on the districts of Kenya that existed as at 1992.
This effectively led to the creation of Nandi County.
[citation needed] The topography of the former district is dominated by the Nandi Hills.
[citation needed] The district had four constituencies: