Cartoonists of the Year awards

We attended the first, and likely, annual Cartoonist of the year awards at the Swiss ambassador's last week. The event organised by Katuni, a local coalition of Cartoonists, with the support of the Embassy of Switzerland was created to appreciate and promote an art form and means of political expression that seldom gets the credit it deserves.

More from our team.

Post-Election Amnesia

Kenya's relative stability over the last two months lies in the hands of Kenya's political class.

Yesterday's Cabinet gridlock resulted in riots and civil unrest in parts of the country. Until the National Accord and Reconciliation Act is fully implemented Kenya is once again destined for uncertain times.

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Cartoon: IPO of my eye

The long awaited Safaricom offer-for-sale, IPO by us, is finally here, and many, most Kenyans are very excited for it. Ready to take a bite? What though to make of this Mobitelea business?

Click here for Patrick Gathara's cartoon.

Why do we condone ethnic cleansing?

Tomes have been written against the violence in Kenya, poems have been composed and most of us have lamented the fact that our countrymen are taking up arms against each other. What we have neglected to condemn, is the idea that specific parts of Kenya belong to specific tribes.

Read more from Patrick Gathara here.

The Kenyan Odyssey, 2002 Redux

In mid-2002, Kenyans were treated to a great surprise when following years of division, a selection of their ethnic potentates met together and formed a grand coalition named NARC, the National Alliance Rainbow Coalition.

Note the emphasis on words denoting unity and togetherness, and the triumph of the whole over the fraction. Four words in a name, all affirming the same idea. It did not work out, it really did not. Like a bad movie, it was panned by the critics and the protagonists showed little on-screen chemistry or potential. And now, the re-run.

Cartoon from Patrick Gathara here.