For the close to four decades he’s graced public life, David Mwangi Ndii has flown close to the sun, exuding unmistakable intellectual arrogance but also lending the best of his brains to the service of the country. 

The Oxford-trained economist has made zero attempts to be modest on his achievements, has not suffered fools gladly, and is lately- at the peak of his public life- goading over critics of President William Ruto’s administration. 

Like Mutahi Ngunyi in the previous administration, Ndii now occupies a central place in the present kitchen cabinet, serving as the head of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors.