Retired President Mwai Kibaki was not prudent during his reign at Treasury as Kenya's Finance Minister, David Ndii has claimed.
The former President served for many years as Finance Minister, a docket he doubled up with his role as Vice President for a decade in 80s.
In 1988, Kibaki resigned from goverment when he was stripped off the Vice President post, and subsequently handed the health docket by Daniel Moi.
But economist David Ndii says Mr Kibaki mismanaged the docket during his reign, arguing that he didn't do better than Tom Mboya and James Gichuru.
"David you have always been negative on all matters that deal with our economy. Do you remember insisting that Mwai Kibaki was the worst economic manager in entire Africa during the 1970’s?" a Twitter user Owen Gitau asked.
"He was. Gichuru did a good job in the 60s. Kibaki ran huge deficits and ghost projects (KenRen, Halal), was saved by coffee boom. Kibaki was riding on Tom Mboya’s coat tails. When TJ was killed, he became rudderless. Find me a paper or memorable speech on economy by Kibaki," Ndii responded.
Kibaki was elected President in 2002. During his reign, despite ethnic antagonism, he was credited of resuscitating Kenya's economy which had dwindled due to KANU mismanagement.
Ndii has recently questioned President Uhuru Kenyatta's ability to manage the economy. More often than not, Ndii has been accusing the goverment of over borrowing.
When Kibaki left power in 2013, Kenya had borrowed around Sh1.5 trillion. However, latest statistics show that the country has borrowed Sh6 trillion.