Ruto Advisor's Combative Style Raises Concerns
• Bespectacled, plain-spoken and Oxford-educated, Dr David Ndii has long been seen as an economic guru, but as an advisor to President Ruto's government, he has emerged as an insult-hurling gadfly.
• Ndii has gotten into numerous spats on social media, giving flippant responses to citizens questioning government policies and the rising cost of living.
• He has even seemed to undermine the government he advises, tweeting that he doesn't trust them and that he made a political deal with Ruto to help if Ruto became president.
• Ndii has unleashed vulgar, insulting language, showing a cynical attitude toward taxpayers and painting himself as a know-it-all unwilling to suffer fools.
• Critics see Ndii as an overrated economist who is good at pronouncing theories but fails at practically applying them to govern, saying his arrogance reflects the character of Ruto's government.