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Ndii defends crackdown on protests, calls youth 'stupid', triggering backlash

Protestors engage police in a running battle over the killing of blogger Albert Ojwang' on June 12, 2025 [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

President William Ruto’s chief economic advisor, David Ndii, triggered uproar on Sunday, June 23, after branding protesting youth as “stupid” and warning them of potential casualties in future demonstrations.

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