Maddo: Cartoonist who was bold enough to draw presidents

Maddo

Before he took power, President Mwai Kibaki once said of Maddo and his work: "...he appreciates the true meaning of a particular political or social situation, then he presents it to us in a humorous sense. So in many ways, he makes us understand ourselves better."

Maddo had been caricaturing him as leader of the Democratic Party, and he says that most politicians would decline to even comment about cartoonists, who they reviled. Kibaki, however, took it all in stride, even telling Maddo when they met in person at an event, "Wewe enda chora cartoon sawa sawa."