State House journalists are unqualified to report financial figures; David Ndii
Ruto economic advisor, David Ndii faults State House journalists for misreporting financial figures after a cabinet meeting
Ruto economic advisor, David Ndii faults State House journalists for misreporting financial figures after a cabinet meeting.
David Ndii, an economist who serves as President William Ruto’s economic advisor at State House has clashed with his colleagues over the manner in which Cabinet directives are being disseminated.
Ndii drew attention to a report from the Presidential Communication Service (PCS) stating that the Cabinet decided on Wednesday to provide Ksh200 billion (EUR 1.2 billion) for a solar power project and Ksh66 billion (EUR 400 million) for the unbundling of power transmission lines.
The economist also claimed that State House journalists lacked the necessary training to report on financial data.
“Kenyan journalists are atrocious at reporting figures even when they work for the government,” Ndii stated.
He added that even if the Kenya Kwanza administration wanted to loot public funds, they could not be as greedy as projected.
Ndii went on to say that although the presidential communications staff mistook the figures for euros, the Cabinet had stated them in Shillings.
The objective assigned to the Presidential Economic Advisor was to justify, in his own words, how Ksh1.2 billion could be used to build a 42MW solar plant.
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In defense, Ndii said that it was possible that PCS had completely misreported the Cabinet resolutions.
“If they got the currency wrong, why do you assume the rest is correctly reported?’ he stated.
Ruto, in January, replaced the Presidential Strategic Communication Unit (PSCU) with PCS, managed by nearly five top staffers.
Among them are Public Communications Secretary Munyori Buku, Digital and Innovations Secretary David Nzioka, and Messaging Secretary Eric Ngeno.
Other members of PCS include Public Communications Director Wanjohi Githae and Branding and Events Secretary James Kinyua.
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