Overweight Ndii Laments "Big Spoon Eating" Troll References

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David Ndii Responds to Critics Body Shaming Him in Viral Photo

Ruto’s economic advisor David Ndii has responded to concerns raised by his critics over his weight following a photo that trended on social media for the better part of Thursday, February 22.

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The photo which was shared widely captured Ndii alongside President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua on a three-day executive retreat held in Naivasha, Nakuru County.

Moments later, critics took to social media to troll Ndii for being overweight - comments which the advisor didn’t take too kindly.

In a rejoinder on Friday, February 23, Ndii termed the critics as ‘imbeciles’ who are fond of wasting time to talk about issues that are of no importance to the general public.

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Further, he voiced concerns about how such a topic would trend on social media, questioning the tweeps’ Intelligence Quotient (IQ) levels.

“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.

“Ũrimũ ndũrĩ ndawa (stupidity has no cure). To have so many imbeciles with nothing better to talk on a public platform is a national tragedy.”

Ndii accompanied members of the Executive including Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries to the Naivasha retreat which was designed to evaluate Kenya Kwanza’s performance and highlight significant achievements since the administration took office.

Photos were subsequently shared of the retreat showing the politicians in their casual attire, a distinct departure from their formal dressing.

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Ndii’s photo, however, elicited debate after critics drew comparisons of his appearance in current and past photos.

Others, however, came to his defense and appealed to Kenyans to respect his choice of lifestyle.

“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,” political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi countered.

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How things change!.. :grinning:

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He eats like a :pig2: so its logical he’ll be fat like a :pig: swine

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Story ya Apielo amelenga kabisa

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RUTO’S ECONOMIC ADVISOR WHO WAS FIRED BY TWO PRESIDENTS:

In 2003, David Ndii was tasked by former President Mwai Kibaki to develop an Economic Recovery Strategic Plan to bolster the economy under the NARC Government.

He was to work closely with governor Anyang’ Nyong’o, who was then the Minister for Planning and National Development. He found a way to avoid being guided through by Nyong’o, as he wanted to get all the credit for the plan.

Upon completion of the paper, Ndii handed it over to the then Head of Civil Service Amb. Francis Muthaura, who was also a close confidant of President Mwai Kibaki. When Muthaura shared the paper with Kibaki, the president trashed it saying, “This reads like a first year economics essay.”

President Kibaki then called Joseph Kinyua, who was then Permanent Secretary for Planning, and instructed him to rewrite the paper. Mr. Kinyua brought together a solid team to work on this and the end product of their assignment is what we know today as Vision 2030 Economic Blueprint.

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Ndii felt slighted. He resulted to spewing sour grapes against Kibaki’s handling of the economy by fighting his economic programs in his regular newspaper columns. He reserved his punches on the infrastructure projects which were being implemented on the strength of the Vision 2030. He often referred to the ambitious Thika Superhighway as a white elephant project. Mind you the superhighway has in the last 12 years unlocked in a huge way the economic potential of areas along the 50KM stretch that it cuts through.

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Fast forward to to 2008, when President Paul Kagame’s government reached out to Kenya for assistance to recruit top advisors to his administration. The then Rwandan Ambassador engaged Prof. Mutahi Ngunyi to help with the recruitment process, from among the country’s top intellectuals. Ndii was among the people who was recruited in this process, as an economic advisor.

The salary negotiated with World Bank for Ndii’s services was $20,000, an equivalent of Ksh2 million per month based on current exchange rates.

After three Months, allegedly the Rwandan ambassador called Prof. Ngunyi and lamented that he was going to fire one of the guys he had recruited. The guy to be fired happened to be Ndii, and the reasons for his firing included incompetence and a condescending attitude. He would abuse members of the mainly youthful team (some of them drawn from Tony Blair’s Delivery Unit). He demoralized the team and he himself could not deliver.

The incompetent, problematic man rejected by 2 sitting presidents is now Ruto’s economic advisor; the one energetically pushing a phoney economic model which he has branded as wheelbarrow-nomics.

IMAGINE THAT!

Courtesy Pauline Njoroge,