Kenyans target MPs with emerging political graffiti

NAIROBI – Boniface Mwangi points to a mural on a wall depicting a black-suited Kenyan legislator with a vulture’s head, a caricature he says represents the kind of greedy and corrupt lawmaker who taints Kenya’s political class.

The lawmaker is shown sitting on a chair, known to be worth $2,400, in the chamber of parliament, a fact that sparked controversy in the east African nation where nearly half of the capital’s population live in slums and squatter settlements.

“That is the vulture who represents a member of parliament.

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