David Ndii, the Chairperson of the Presidential Council of Economic Advisors, has blamed Kenyans for the high cost of living and the government’s financial woes.
In a statement on X, on November 25, Ndii was replying to questions raised over scandalous political leaders who had a hand in Kenya’s financial crisis.
He stated that he had warned Kenyans of the impact of the huge debt that the Jubilee administration, led by retired President Uhuru Kenyatta had accrued.
Also, he blasted individuals who benefited from some of the blander adding that they knew full well that the people would pay for those mistakes.
Further, Ndii noted that it was Kenyans who voted in the government, and they therefore ought not to complain about the administration, led by President William Ruto.
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Response From Kenyans
However, one X user Tawnie Soprano responded saying the same leaders in government today were there in the previous regime.
“You talk as if Ruto was not a vice president for 10 years. Ichungwa was chair of finance committee and justified the raise in debt ceiling,” the user responded.
In a quick rejoinder, Ndii stated that Kenyans were the very individuals who voted the leaders back into government.
“And they were all re-elected. Hold your peace. When I told you that Jubilee’s debt binge was going to end in premium tears, who did you think was going to shed the tears?
” When you were posting Prados here calling it a tender-preneur starter kit how did you think that was going to end? Sit down,” he stated.
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Ndii on Moses Kuria
Additionally, the Economist shared a November 2019 report by Moses Kuria.
In the article, Kuria, the then Gatundu South Member of Parliament, claimed that the government had cooked books and lied to Kenyans on the state of the economy and debt levels.
According to the article, Kuria believed that the lies had subjected millions of Kenyans to untold suffering.
“For seven years, we have lied about our debt, we have cooked books, we have cheated people that we do zero-based budgeting. We have taken loans at 9 per cent that left people offering us money at one per cent. That to me is treason,” noted Kuria then.
At the same time, Kuria, who was also a member of the House Budget Committee, claimed that the parliament had failed in its oversight duties, demanding that the Executive and Parliament apologize to Kenyans.
“I want people in the Executive to offer an apology. Ours is an error of omission. Theirs is an error of commission because for seven years we have cheated this country about our deficit,” added the statement.
