Patrick Gathara , the Katuni Secretary General and organiser of the event announced the winners,who had been picked by a panel of judges that included Gathara, visiting Swiss cartoonist Patrick Chappatte , Open Society Institute East Africa boss Mugambi Kiai and Dr. Willy Mutunga of Ford Foundation.Chappatte is a world renowned cartoonist who draws for Les Temps, Neue Zurcher Zeitung's Sunday Edition and the International Herald Tribune. He has also worked as an illustrator for the New York Times and as a cartoonist for Newsweek.

The event was promoted with this cheeky effort, which was (amazingly) published as an ad in the mainstream press.

The awards, for work published in 2009, were handed out as follows:

a) Best Overall Cartoonist -  Victor Ndula(The Star )
b) Best Caricaturist - Micheal Munene(The Standard)
c)Best Editorial Cartoon - Victor Ndula (The Star)
d)Best Cartoon comic strip - Frank Odoi
e) Best illustrator - Eric Ngamau  ( The Standard)

The Swiss ambassador to Kenya, in his comments called Cartoonists and their work the best window into a country's politics. He was at pains too, to make clear that the Swiss policy of neutrality extended into its conduct with other countries and that the Swiss were in Kenya to help Kenyans make their way, not to tell them which way to go.

The more famous cartoonists like Godfrey Mwapembwa (Gado) and Paul Kelemba (Maddo) were also present and it was pleasing to hear the winners, in their speeches appreciate the mentoring and support they've received from the more experienced cartoonists, and also from their organisations like Katuni and CAL, Communications  Arts Limited.

The day after this awards ceremony, Chappatte and Gathara led a workshop with several Kenyan cartoonists in which they engaged their talents in exploring the theme, 'Ethnicity and the search for a Kenyan National Identity.' The results were unveiled at the beginning of a continuing exhibition at Nairobi's Alliance Francaise of the best work from Kenyan cartoonists from last year.