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Ruto gambles on chalk-and-cheese financial advisers Ndii and Rotich

Kenyan economist Henry Rotich. © Daniel Irungu/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The Kenyan president has reorganised his team of economic advisers, bringing on board Henry Rotich, a former minister and architect of major government borrowing. But he and David Ndii, a debt critic who heads the President's Council of Economic Advisors, do not see eye to eye. [...]

Published on 01/03/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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