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Debt dilemma: Can John Mbadi cure Kenya's addiction to borrowing?

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ODM Chairman and National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Nominee John Mbadi when he addressed the media regarding the ODM Party affairs at the Parliament buildings on March 27, 2024. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

President William Ruto's nomination of John Mbadi as the next National Treasury and Economic Planning Cabinet Secretary has received mixed reactions from economists.

Mbadi, presently a Nominated MP and ODM national chairman, has been one of the fiercest critics of the Ruto government's handling of the economy.

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