I will not be party to lies, taking Kenyans for fools, Ruto man Ndii says
Chairman of the Presidential Council of Economic Advisors David Ndii stated that he would not be a member of the team transporting Kenyans in a three-point address that appeared to be directed at the government.
The Economist, a publication that has consistently criticized the government’s management. Stated that he will not defend or accept collective responsibility “for deceiving the public and telling lies.”
“I will not be party to, defend, or take collective responsibility for corruption, lies, taking the public for fools and vomiting on the peoples’ shoes,” he said.
The post elicited an equal amount of admiration and criticism. With some individuals demanding his resignation and others raising inquiries as to why he was appointed to provide economic advice to the government while harboring such views.
Others commended him for his effective oversight of the government. Urging him to reconsider his position and join the opposition, where he would fare better.
“Has someone finally woken up and smelled the coffee? Was it Plato who said the revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe? You have to make it fall?” Muhammad Onyango asked.
Kenyans are compelled to reduce their expenditures to survive the severe effects of El Nino, soaring petroleum prices, and a soaring cost of living, all of which have been compounded by Ndii’s remark.
Ndii has consistently generated intellectual discourse among Kenyans through his online platform of choice, X (formerly Twitter), where he has consistently exchanged contentious opinions.
Ndii, who has been in his position as chief of economic advisors for only one year, has already generated intriguing remarks this year.
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For example, Ndii asserted on September 14 that Kenya was in receivership, a claim he had previously cautioned the nation about two years prior.
“This expectation that Kenya can abuse credit for a decade and the same people can make consequences go away painlessly just because there was a game of musical chairs we call elections? Are we sober? I told you two years ago Kenya was in receivership. Nothing has changed,” he said in a post.
As Kenyans were in the process of processing his post, he delivered yet another bombshell, cautioning that the country’s current predicament would only worsen. His remarks were made mere hours before the fuel prices were published by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA).
“I’m not a politician. I don’t sell hope. It is going to be painful. And it may not work. Even Oxford and Havard trained doctors lose patients,” he also made the post on September 14.
In the same month, he also said he does not believe in the government. “I don’t believe politicians, and I don’t trust government. If you do either you are a sucker.”
In response to an X user’s inquiry, whether the economist had just advised Kenyans not to believe or trust the government or what it is saying, Ndii remarked.
Online Kenyans would characterize the economist as forthright and occasionally indifferent, given that the nation is awaiting responses from the government regarding the escalating cost of living.
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Notwithstanding the criticism, he continued to express his views to his supporters. On August 19, in response to a follower’s remark that he should advocate for the apprehension of the purportedly corrupt individuals because of his government position, Ndii stated the following:
“Aren’t you the same people who set us on this course by electing Uhuruto to save them from ICC? What has changed?”
An additional online-famous remark from April was his claim that the state is extraordinarily wasteful. Despite receiving requests from multiple Kenyans to elucidate his statement, he maintained his stance.
“State is extremely wasteful, there’s not a single day I’m not exasperated by not just how wasteful it is, but by how deliberate it is and how unbothered people are,” he said.
These represent a mere selection of his contentious declarations; it appears that he will continue to produce more.
I will not be party to lies, taking Kenyans for fools, Ruto man Ndii says
