# David Ndii Spills The Beans, Reveals Who Is Causing Milk Shortage In The Country

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- Published: 2026-11-04T05:39:42+00:00
- Author: Ibrahim Mohammed

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There has been a milk shortage in the country with President Dr William Samoei Arap
Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza Alliance Government admitting the same.

Government chief economic adviser David Ndii has triggered widespread debate across
the political spectrum after attributing Kenya’s persistent domestic milk shortage
to surging demand from construction workers employed under the administration’s 
flagship affordable housing program.

Speaking at a corporate economic forum in Nairobi, the head of the President’s Council
of Economic Advisers dismissed claims of a agricultural production crisis.

He argued that national dairy output had expanded substantially over recent seasons,
leaving increased consumption as the sole statistical driver for empty supermarket
shelves and surging retail prices.

According to Ndii, the government’s ambitious mass housing initiatives have mobilized
hundreds of thousands of previously low-income site laborers whose daily operational
provisions now regularly include packaged milk rations provided by contractors.

This sudden structural shift, he asserted, absorbed significant market volumes before
processing brands reached urban retail chains. 

The remarks immediately drew sharp pushback from political opposition figures, consumer
rights groups, and dairy industry analysts.

Critics accused the government economist of employing theoretical sophistry to deflect
responsibility from underlying structural failures within the agricultural supply
chain.

Regulatory reports from sector monitors indicate a drop in formal milk deliveries
to commercial processors over recent months, pointing toward elevated feed costs,
localized climate shocks, and distribution bottlenecks as the primary sources of
market tightening rather than an unprecedented spike in blue-collar consumption.

Opposition leaders framed the assertion as evidence of administrative detachment
from everyday economic hardships facing households struggling with food inflation.

Meanwhile, public commentary across social platforms poked fun at the government’s
economic reasoning, questioning the political strategy of linking state-sponsored
housing projects to staple food deficits.

The controversy underlines mounting political pressure on the administration to 
address rising living expenses and stabilize essential commodity chains as fiscal
policy adjustments continue to face public scrutiny. 

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