Editor's Review

"To have so many people with nothing better to talk on a public platform is a national tragedy," David Ndii. 

President William Ruto's economic advisor David Ndii has reprimanded his critics following a photo that went viral showing him to have gained more weight. 

In the photo which trended on the better part of Thursday, February 22, Ndii was accompanying President William Ruto and his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua during the Joint National Executive Retreat and Parliamentary Group consultative meeting held in Naivasha, Nakuru County.

Some of his critics trolled him indicating that he had gained massive weight after a short stint of working with the President.

However, in response, Ndii rubbished their concerns indicating that it was a personal issue with minimal effect to the general public.

File image of President William Ruto's Economic Advisor David Ndii. PHOTO | COURTESY

Ndii termed the ongoing discourse on his weight as a misplaced priority indicating that it was a tragedy for people to focus on things that do not matter.

"To be overweight is a remediable personal challenge of little or no consequence to the general public. To be empty-headed is an incurable societal burden," Ndii stated.  

"To have so many people with nothing better to talk on a public platform is a national tragedy," he added.

Mutahi Ngunyi also defended Ndii indicating that the good meal served at State House was the cause of massive weight gain.

"Leave David Ndii alone. It is the lamb chops at State House and a good appetite. My tummy was bigger when I was a resident there! And we had a bar."

Miguna Miguna also questioned what happened to President Ruto's Economic Advisor sparking further debate on his weight.

However, Ndii has shut down the critics insisting that his weight is non-consequential.