Kenyans Protest with bloodied pigs...hmmmmm

Piglets and pig's blood are seen during a demonstration against lawmakers' salary demands outside parliament buildings in the capital Nairobi, May 14, 2013. REUTERS-Thomas Mukoya

Just saw this report on Reuters interesting, this  protest occurred on Tuesday (14-05-2013), here's how it was reported.
Kenyans Protest

"(Reuters) - Kenyan police fired teargas and water cannon outside parliament on Tuesday to disperse about 200 people demonstrating against lawmakers' demands for a salary 130 times the legal minimum wage.
 see story and more pictures after the cut.

Civil rights groups organized the protest to express widespread anger that politicians are demanding a pay rise so soon after a broadly peaceful election on March 4.
Protesters fed pigs' blood to live pigs at the gates of parliament in the capital Nairobi to symbolize a political class widely regarded as greedy and corrupt.

Protestors parade pigs and pig's blood as they participate in a demonstration against lawmakers' salary demands outside parliament buildings in the capital Nairobi, May 14, 2013. REUTERS-Thomas Mukoya

Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's new president and its richest man, said last week that holding down the state wage bill was key to directing public funds into economic development.
But the appeal was lost on lawmakers, whose pay has been set at 532,000 shillings ($6,300) per month by the state's Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).

Protestors participate in a demonstration against lawmakers' salary demands outside the parliament buildings in the capital Nairobi, May 14, 2013. REUTERS-Thomas Mukoya

Handouts by politicians are common in Kenya, and MPs say they need more money to help pay constituents' school and medical expenses, as well as to reflect their stature.
They are demanding basic monthly pay of about 850,000 shillings, excluding other allowances - similar to what lawmakers were paid during the last parliament.

Protestors carry placards as they participate in a demonstration against lawmakers' salary demands near parliament buildings in the capital Nairobi, May 14, 2013. REUTERS-Thomas Mukoya

Kenyatta increased the minimum wage by 14 percent this month to 6,498 shillings ($77.54) a month - although many of the 80 percent of Kenyan workers employed in the informal sector earn less than this.

A policeman tries to control pigs left by protestors outside the parliament buildings during a demonstration against lawmakers' salary demands in the capital Nairobi, May 14, 2013. REUTERS-Thomas Mukoya

In January, hundreds of demonstrators torched coffins outside parliament in protest at legislators who had voted to triple their end-of-term bonuses - an increase that outgoing president Mwai Kibaki refused to sign into law.
($1 = 83.80 Kenyan shillings)

Riot policemen hit protestors participating in a demonstration against lawmakers' salary demands outside the parliament buildings in the capital Nairobi, May 14, 2013. REUTERS-Thomas Mukoya

Wait...wait...wait,what's written on the body of the pigs?
What's Our Minimum wage again? and by how many percent does our lawmaker's beat it?
What did a Kenyan tell a Nigerian? Take a cue.