Founding father Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was a man of many friends and at the same time had a list of people, mostly politicians, who he founding hard relating with.
Among the people whom he was not in good terms with was former Nairobi City Council Mayor Charles Rubia, whom he dealt a blow in 1966 when he was then in charge of city affairs.
Rubia's government had then decided to import a vintage Rolls Royce limousine that was to be used during ceremonies, and which was to be imported at a cost of $10,850.
But when Kenyatta heard of the plan, he ordered that the vehicle, alongside the motorbikes it was to come with, be returned to the United Kingdom, the country of origin.
“Mr Rubia and President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta were not in good terms. When the vehicle was just about to reach Mombasa port, Kenyatta ordered that it should be returned," says Mr Nathan Kahara who later served as mayor of the city between 1980 and 1983.
Mr Kahara said that Kenyatta feared that the vehicle would rival his own motorcade, adding that while it was returned, Rubia somehow managed to keep the motorbikes.
"The vehicle was returned but the outriders were not,” he said.
He added that Rubia was later forced to settle for a luxurious Van Plas Princess convertible after MPs unanimously rejected the importation of the Rolls Royce.