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Lupita Nyong’o moved to tears by Kenya insecurity poem

Lupita Nyong’o is moved to tears by a poem from pupils of Mariwa Primary school during her homecoming ceremony at her rural home at Ratta grounds in Seme constituency in Kisumu County. [Photo: TITUS MUNALA/STANDARD]

KISUMU: Oscar Award Winner Lupita Nyong’o was moved to tears as she visited her native home Ratta village in Seme for the first time after winning the coveted award.

The famous actress who arrived in Kisumu on Wednesday morning could not hold back her tears when she keenly listed to a choral verse on the state of insecurity in Kenya performed by Mariwa Primary from Kisumu County.

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