Nairobi, March 21 -- The budget allocation for the purchase of new cars for Kenya's top three government offices has shot up eight times in the latest changes to the spending plan that also benefited retired President Uhuru Kenyatta.

The offices of President William Ruto, his deputy Rigathi Gachagua and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi have been allocated Sh802.2 million to buy motor vehicles in the current financial year, a significant increase from what had been allocated as Kenyans come to terms with a bloated government that has scuttled Kenya Kwanza's austerity measures.

In the budget estimates for the Financial Year 2022/23, the three offices had been allocated Sh100.8 million, though the office of the Prime Cabinet Secret...