Cartoonist ‘maddo’ relishes his CNN award win

Cartoonist Paul Kelemba (right) receives his trophy during the CNN/Multichoice African Journalist of the Year awards party. (Photo: David Gichuru/Standard)

When the winners of the prestigious CNN/Multichoice African Journalist of the Year Awards (2015) were being announced, he least expected to hear his name in any of the categories contested. This is because the CNN awards did not have a specific category for cartoonists.

But Standard Group's Paul Kelemba popularly known as Maddo made history by becoming the first cartoonist to win an award since the the awards were launched 20 years ago.