Nairobi, May 11 -- President William Ruto's economic adviser David Ndii on Saturday came to the defence of the coterie of advisers at State House who were revealed this week to be racking up a Sh1.1 billion annual bill to the taxpayer.

In a series of replies on his official X (formerly Twitter) account, Dr Ndii mocked opponents of the proposals, suggesting that even waste in government helps boost the economy.

Dr Ndii, who chairs President Ruto's Council of Economic Advisers, slammed Kenyans who called out the advisers, and termed Kenya Kwanza a thinking government.

The advisers' annual outlay of Sh1.1 billion is an increase from the previous financial year's expenditure of Sh977 million.

The advisory units, comprising six distinct en...