I hope Kenyans are keeping a closer look at the wavering political temperatures and making credible judgments. Yesterday president Kibaki together with his one and only wife Lucy rejected eight new luxury cars ostensibly to signal the government’s determination to observe austerity measures.

I am a peace loving Kenyan and also with a positive mind but the first family’s move leaves raised eyebrows to all who have been monitoring the cat and mouse games the government has perfected. The first family says that it did not order and was not aware of the purchase of the cars that had just been delivered.

The cars, four luxury Mercedes Benz limousines, three 4-wheel drive Toyota Land cruiser Prados and one Nissan Hardbody were bought last month.

On the other hand, the president should crack the whip and reprimand the otherwise loyal and generous staff who ordered the purchase of the vehicles even after a recent directive by the finance minister to cut down government expenditure during this hard economic times.

The minister in budget speech last month announced that Cabinet ministers will be limited to cars of not more than 1800cc.

The number of cars allocated to ministers was also reduced but some of them have openly ridiculed the measure and vowed not to surrender their limousines and fuel guzzlers.