Slumdog Politics

Photos from Mathare, one of Nairobi's sprawling slums, where warlords, witches, and drug dealers stump for votes ahead of next month's election.

PHOTOS BY MACKENZIE KNOWLES-COURSIN | FEBRUARY 26, 2013

One of Kariuki's old campaign banners with The National Alliance (TNA) hangs on the left along a street in Mabatini. After Kariuki failed to land TNA's nomination he jumped on board with a new party: Saba Saba-Asili. Posters for his new campaign hang on the right.

Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin