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Lupita Nyong’o is home at last to save elephants

Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o during a press conference at Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel in Nairobi Tuesday. [PHOTOS: PIUS CHERUIYOT/ STANDARD]

NAIROBI: The long wait is over and Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o is back home. The Hollywood star, who arrived Tuesday, is in the country for a noble cause.

“I am so honored to be speaking to you here today as a Global Ambassador for Wildaid on a topic so dear to my heart - the conservation and preservation of elephants,” these were Lupita’s opening remarks when she finally took to the podium during a press conference at Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel in Nairobi.

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