Nairobi, March 27 -- President William Ruto's team of economic advisers has been allocated Sh204 million to buy cars, furniture and pay rent, the latest budgetary changes show.

This compares to the Sh7.9 million that had initially been allocated under the Policy Analysis and Research vote in the Executive Office of the President by the administration of former President Uhuru Kenyatta before he left office in September.

The team, whose members include economist David Ndii, is one of the cogs in President Ruto's administration which is keen to help the economy to recover from the shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic, drought and the war in Ukraine.

Dr Ndii was in October last year picked for the position of Chairperson of the President's Cou...