Senators slam Nandi County executive over data breaches, financial mismanagement
By Cy Muganda, January 27, 2026Nandi Governor Stephen Sang and his executive team have faced sharp criticism from senators over what lawmakers described as systemic financial failure and legal negligence in the management of county institutions.
In a statement posted on Parliament’s Facebook account on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, the Senate County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee, led by sessional chair Senator William Kisang, scrutinized the management of Kapsabet Nandi Water and Sanitation Company, Kapsabet Municipality, and the Kapsabet County Referral Hospital (KCRH) during a session at Bunge Tower on Monday, January 27, 2026.
Data protection breaches
The hospital’s audit report, which received a qualified opinion, became the focal point of the grilling.
Senators expressed serious concern over the handling of sensitive patient data after KCRH admitted it lacked a personal data retention schedule or a published policy on data management.
“This executive is sitting on a legal time bomb by processing sensitive medical history and bank details without any regard for the Data Protection Act,” Nominated Senator Chimera Raphael Mwinzago stated.
Irregular waivers
The interrogation also highlighted a suspicious Ksh8.9 million loss attributed to irregular waivers.
Senator Kisang invoked the Public Finance Management Act, 2012, specifically Section 159, which mandates that every waiver must be recorded and reported to the Auditor General.
“Section 159 of the PFM Act exists to prevent the looting of public funds under the guise of charity. Your failure to provide minutes for these waivers suggests a complete breakdown of fiscal discipline,” Kisang noted.
Equally baffling to senators was the nil balance reported for revenue from rented facilities.
Senator Agnes Kavindu criticised the nil balance reported despite the hospital owning 16 junior and 18 senior housing units.
“It is mathematically impossible and logically absurd to report zero revenue when your own records show staff are occupying these houses,” she argued.
Governor’s defense
Governor Stephen Sang defended his administration, attributing the lapses to chronic staff shortages and the chaotic transition to the Social Health Authority (SHA).
“The transition from NHIF made it difficult to ascertain claims, and we are currently regularising our housing records through a check-off system,” he said.
Despite the explanations, senators remained unimpressed, citing the Auditor General’s findings that internal controls and risk management in Nandi County were effectively nonexistent.