Ruto's chief economic advisor David Ndii wants the government to avoid the IMF and World Bank financing advocated by Mbadi and instead tap the Chinese and Japanese debt markets (AC Vol 66 No 17 Looking east Ruto targets yen and yuan)...

Ruto's relative success with China and Japan is a significant win for his chief economic advisor David Ndii – a long-time sceptic of the US and Bretton Woods institutions...

With ministers divided over whether to seek a new loan programme with the International Monetary Fund the results of the China trip appear to vindicate Ruto's chief economic advisor David Ndii...

We hear that Ruto's chief economic advisor David Ndii is deeply sceptical arguing instead for Kenya to secure financing from Japan China and the United Arab Emirates...

The ‘Hustler economics' campaign designed by chief economic advisor David Ndii was central to Ruto's election in the August 2022...

David Ndii chief economic advisor to President Ruto posed the question: 'Salaries or default...

Much of this is due to the political choice made by Ruto and his influential but polarising economic advisor David Ndii to prioritise debt repayments and reduction and subject Kenyans to two years of fiscal austerity...

Having struggled to meet debt repayments earlier this year – delaying wage payments for thousands of public servants – Ruto's chief economic advisor David Ndii has spent several months preparing Kenyans for new taxes and austerity...

After days of silence from the Treasury it was Ruto's chief economic advisor David Ndii who finally explained the cash-flow crisis to the media...