Economist David Ndii Under Fire over Tweet on Circumcision

Foreign Academic Education seems not to teach the appreciation of diversity that is based on "cultural, religious, and linguistic backgrounds."

Ndugu Ndi has achieved the highest formal education one can achieve in a European-American based formal education. Yet, he is culturally illiterate. How come? So far, he has not learned that Kenya is an artificial nation that was created by the British and is composed of 44 or more distinct micro-nations ( a word coined by the late Dr. Wangari Mathaai who substituted it with the colonial preferred word "tribe").

Each micro-nation is unique and has its own cultural special and unique traditional values and practices. Ndugu Ndi forgets that except for the Muslim and Jewish based nations, and a minority of a few African micro-nations, circumcision is practiced by very few people around the world.

The micro-nation that I come from previously circumcised both boys and girls. After the religious indoctrination from the European and American based religious institutions and cultural intolerant and arrogant people, they stopped the female circumcisions but not the male based practices on this sensitive issue.

To be educated is to learn to be sensitive and to have the capacity to respect and acknowledge other people's cultures, languages, religions, and even cuisines. I therefore conclude that Ndugu Ndi is culturally illiterate and insensitive to the many diversities in our country that make us special and unique to the rest of world community.

Ndii is so frustrated that Uhuru and Raila are not paying attention to him hence the insults. With people like Ndii and Ruto being the biggest opponents of BBI,one can be rest assured this(BBI) will pass easily.

I dont know what "ihii" mean,but from comments here, I can tell, that it is a derogatory word intended to hurt,or humiliate the Luo community.The question now is WHY. Surely,I would hope that the whole community that has existed before he was born has not offended him.I can see one Luo,or two offending him. In that case, he should deal with them on a personal level.This is not a Kikuyu Vs Luo,or circumcised vs uncircumcised. I fail to see how BBI is connected to the two. Again like I said before, people like Ndii prove to the "uneducated" that he is no better than them in reasoning.And if they studied his field,they could do better than him in the same field he claims to be an expert.
The many years of smoking marijuana are bearing fruits.That must be it.And how rotten the fruits are...

Have you forgotten that he admitted that he smokes ‘ bangi’!

@Imara Daima,you've spoken well. Like the United States of America, Kenya is a patch work of multi-ethnic groupings forming a political union of sorts hopping to achieve more and better together. No one ethnic group is better than the other and no one cultural- traditional practices is better than the other. Unity in diversity is our only option if we're going to remain and succeed as a country.

This is nothing else than tribalism and disrespect of others culture. We can guess who he is insulting . It is time that we shed all the respect we had for Ndii he has demonstrated who he is many a time and from now on He should shut up. Ndii shut up education does not take away who you are a NOBODY

This is freedom of speech we all know the health benefits of removing the foreskin there is nothing wrong to stick our cultures that are positive why would anyone be offended by being called kihii or mwiji if they are not cut it has nothing to do with western education and degrees this is in our DNA

Most academically educated people happens to be the most morally and spiritually bankrupt.

Sigara kubwa man is frustrated by the handshake betrayal by Raila. Raila also betrayed Miguna and many others who died and suffered while fighting for him. Remember handshake talks began months b4 election but only Raila and Uhuru knew it. That's a huge betrayal

This is uncalled for. Why generalize people? If Ndii have a beef with a particular individual deal with that individual and learn how to respect culture. Every tribe in Kenya is unique on it's own culture and that should be respected and not used to put others down. Wacha unjinga our learned friend.

This is a joke. When you licked the boots and add of Raila, you didn’t know he is a kihii? Sometimes you act like a village boy who has not seen the walls of a classroom.

This has nothing to do with western education you are who you are regardless of how much you went to school education does not change who you are, it is a tool to better yourself so if your culture is okay with grown men being layuni or kihii accept your culture but do not shove it down other peoples throats

Kihii means a boy(normally uncircumcised). Luo’s are generally immature.

If someone is uncircumcised and you call them by their real name why is that an insult. It has nothing to do with education bec Luos are educated and still keep weird dangerous non sensical beliefs. Just culture of being kihii by choice.

Let's be honest. Kihii when applied to a man has never been used as a compliment or a term of endearment. Indeed I would say when the prefix changes from kahii to kihii signals the end of the term as affectionate.

do not forget the smelly smegma inside the foreskin

Opium still brewing in Ndii’s head! It is not his fault!

Forgive Dii for he is the one who circumcised DP Ruto but tucked the sheath on the lower side of Ruto’s pinus! So the are both half ihii.

But ndii is just stating facts luos do not circumcise that's the truth unless you want a lie.