Why Miguna Wants David Ndii to Resign from President Ruto Advisor Role

Lawyer Miguna Miguna now says David Ndii and his team are failing President William Ruto.

Ndii chairs the Presidential Council of Economic Advisors who counsels the president on formulation of viable economic policies.

In the wake of the upwardly reviewed fuel prices, Ndii took to Twitter to barage Kenyans with hopelessness suggesting the limping economy may not look up soon.

In a series of tweets, the economist held that the huge borrowing spree done by the previous regime will give the country a hard time getting back into shape saying the latest increase in fuel prices is one of the pains Kenyans must be ready to bear.

"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.

Reacting to Ndii's manifestation of helplessness, Miguna observed that his role was to advise the president on concrete policies at the expense of speculation and guess work.

Saying the lamentations were pathetic of a high-ranking advisor to the president, Miguna appeared to call Ndii to order asking him to step to the occasion and offer solutions as a professional.

According to him, the team Ndii leads ought to have strategies, plans and programs aimed at solving Kenya’s intractable problems both on short and long term. 

Miguna asked the team to give up their posts if they would not be able to help the president deliver on his mandate.

"They should have practical measures of success, which they ought to communicate to the citizenry. If they have no practical strategies and plans, or they do not know whether those strategies and plans will work, then they should say so to the President and let him choose other qualified Kenyans to help steer the ship," said Miguna.

While signalling yet another reality for Kenyans, Ndii said the Kenya Kwanza administration campaign pledge to lower the cost of living might not be realised.

The economist said while the current regime rode on the pledge to power, the reality of the matter is that politicians are not people to be trusted for what they say. 

The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) capped the prices of fuel commodities at over Ksh 200 per litre which was unprecedented.

The regulator cited the inflation in the landed international cost that has affected other countries like Tanzania, Uganda and the United States of America (USA) among others.