Ndii, ex-media boss in heated exchange over election remarks

President William Ruto's chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisors David Ndii and former Nation Media, Group Editorial director Mutuma Mathiu have been engaged in a heated exchange on social media platform X.

Their exchange was prompted by Ndii's remarks over the weekend that he wished the Azimio la Umoja side won last year's presidential election.

His remarks were in relation to having the opposition outfit inherit the economic mess left by the former regime.

The economist said on Sunday that retired President Uhuru Kenyatta did nothing to address the debt nightmare since he chose to 'burn Forex Reserves'.

Ndii projected tough economic times for the country, asking Kenyans to brace for the worst as debts mature.

He was responding to @murigimuraya who suggested that Uhuru had managed to retain investor confidence after winning his second term, Ndii said it was a miracle that Kenya had not defaulted.

Mutuma then responded to Ndii's remarks saying that instead of complaining, he could just resign and let of the position he holds in the current administration.

He said Ndii should stop complaining when he holds a position where many of his needs are catered for by the taxpayers.

Ndii in response said the former media boss threw away his professional reputation for nothing.

He jokingly referred to him as "Azimio CS for Information".

Mutuma who was the editorial boss at NMG was accused by the Kenya Kwanza side of allegedly backing the Azimio coalition in the last election.

President William Ruto's side had largely accused Kenyan media of not giving them fair treatment when it came to media coverage in the 2022 general elections.