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

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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