Kenya artist paints peace messages in Nairobi slum

here is an idea that can be put to use in our cities? instead of all those ishteharats for hakims and restoration of murdana powers and agility perhaps some NGOs can distribute paint and brushes for peace logos and messages to be splashed over those walls? - t

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By Jack Kimball

NAIROBI (Reuters) - It's a long, thick stroke. The white paint is still wet.

Solomon Muhandi dips his brush again into a small cup, his hands dotted with irregular white spots.

Finishing, Muhandi takes a step back: "Peace Wanted Alive" the sign reads, like hundreds of others the 31-year old has painted all over Kenya's largest slum.

Messages like "Keep Peace" and "Kenya Needs Peace" decorate speed bumps and corrugated iron walls in the Kibera slum, scene of some of the most intense violence as police clashed with opposition protesters and rival tribes fought last month.