Bottom Up: An intellectual discussion.

Denis Young

Elder Lister
Recently, the UDA team was in Nyeri collecting views, data, and opinions that are going to shape the economic policy blueprint if they get into power. The person tasked to develop this policy is non other than David Ndii, a great economist in his own right as I have come to appreciate. He gave a simple definition of the bottom up economic policy plan to an attentive crowd which hopefully most understood.



This was further deliberated and elucidated for people with a much keener interest in where we are politically/economically and where some aspire to transcend to. I



In my view, there is an insistence to continue wading in political mediocrity where certain pigs thrive. No imagination, no creativity and devoid of invention. The 'mtu wetu' syndrome that certain quarters wants to persist in the nation's psyche where people sit somewhere purporting to speak for ethnicities rather than common interests.

We can all agree that a functional economy works for everybody. After all, ethnicity is not a factor among the rich, so why is it among the poor? How can we talk about bringing people together while more people continue to sink into poverty and the rich get richer?

Discuss!
 
collecting views, data, and opinions that are going to shape the economic policy blueprint
Sounds like lecturing to me...or let me ask...

Is bottoms up a hypothesis that you started with that you are now going to look for data to flesh up?

Suddenly mikutano ya hema na hoteli that were dismissed with contempt a few weeks ago sasa imekuwa ya maana.
 
Sounds like lecturing to me...or let me ask...

Is bottoms up a hypothesis that you started with that you are now going to look for data to flesh up?

Suddenly mikutano ya hema na hoteli that were dismissed with contempt a few weeks ago sasa imekuwa ya maana.
How is this mkutano ya hema? The participants are the kawaida citizens giving a first hand account of their challenges and that will shape the economic policy. Surely, is that difficult to understand?
 
Money follows functions. Devolve the functions and the money will follow and will automatically set the minimum disbursement to a higher figure.

One of the failures of the Jubilee adminstration was the harpharzard roll out of devolution, it was so poorly done we were bound to have a funding crisis at some point. Hopefully the next government does the commonsense thing, commissions a proper costing of devolved functions & devolves funds as required ( that includes devolving functions KERRA and KURA have refused to let go of).
 
Ruto has been chair of Intergovernmental budget and economic council (IBEC) for the last 9 years. A very powerful position when it comes to matters of budgeting, the economy and financial management and integrated development at the national and county level

He should tell us how he tried to implement bottom up as chair of IBEC.

 
Recently, the UDA team was in Nyeri collecting views, data, and opinions that are going to shape the economic policy blueprint if they get into power. The person tasked to develop this policy is non other than David Ndii, a great economist in his own right as I have come to appreciate. He gave a simple definition of the bottom up economic policy plan to an attentive crowd which hopefully most understood.



This was further deliberated and elucidated for people with a much keener interest in where we are politically/economically and where some aspire to transcend to. I



In my view, there is an insistence to continue wading in political mediocrity where certain pigs thrive. No imagination, no creativity and devoid of invention. The 'mtu wetu' syndrome that certain quarters wants to persist in the nation's psyche where people sit somewhere purporting to speak for ethnicities rather than common interests.

We can all agree that a functional economy works for everybody. After all, ethnicity is not a factor among the rich, so why is it among the poor? How can we talk about bringing people together while more people continue to sink into poverty and the rich get richer?

Discuss!


David Ndii has always been opposed to investments in infrastructure projects. He claims that infrastructure development does not lead to economic growth. I can't find the article referred to in
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David Ndii has always been opposed to investments in infrastructure projects. He claims that infrastructure development does not lead to economic growth. I can't find the article referred to inView attachment 54521

This position influences David Ndii insistence on investing in small scale production at the village level. In the second tweet provided by the @Denis Young, Ndii says it's cheaper to create low level menial jobs.

He is advocating for more investment in small scale farming and informal employment sectors for economic growth.
 
David Ndii has always been opposed to investments in infrastructure projects. He claims that infrastructure development does not lead to economic growth. I can't find the article referred to inView attachment 54521
I would add, investment in infrastructure development at the expense of investing in SME's like has happened under jubilee. At least the second term was geared to the latter but we know what happened.
 
Ruto has been chair of Intergovernmental budget and economic council (IBEC) for the last 9 years. A very powerful position when it comes to matters of budgeting, the economy and financial management and integrated development at the national and county level.
He should tell us how he tried to implement bottom up as chair of IBEC.

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And when does he ever chair this committee? 8 days a week he is on the campaign trail when not shepherding Sudi in Dubs.
 
Ruto has been chair of Intergovernmental budget and economic council (IBEC) for the last 9 years. A very powerful position when it comes to matters of budgeting, the economy and financial management and integrated development at the national and county level

He should tell us how he tried to implement bottom up as chair of IBEC.

View attachment 54520
Ruto has reiterated multiple times on the roads that have been built, the last mile connectivity, gavament social programmes etc during his time as DP
 
My criticism of Ndii position:

1. His position about relationship of infrastructure development and economic growth is radical. Its against research findings from Ndii's peers in economics. I'm not a competent economist but I don't think his position is well argued. There are too many counter examples against his position.
 
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