She was spotted
on Thursday night, four days before the official
date given by her publicists.
This, perhaps, was in a bid to throw journalists and
photographers off the famous Kenyan girl’s trail

Fortunately, one of our hawk-eyed photographers
happened to be at the lobby of the Villa Rosa
Kempinski Hotel when Lupita walked in at about
10pm. She was wearing a black dress, her head
covered with a scarf as if to disguise.

“But I identified her all the same. She was
accompanied by her father, Kisumu Senator
Anyang’ Nyong’o and mother Dorothy,” says
Edward Kiplimo.
Instinctively, Kiplimo flashed out his camera, and
took a few images.
Unfortunately, Lupita is no ordinary Kenyan girl,
being the first to win the coveted Oscar this side
of the Sahara. As such, no sooner had Kiplimo
taken the pictures, than two security officers, who
appeared to be police, pounced on him.


“They asked that I delete the images. They took
the camera and made sure I had deleted them,”
he said.
Outside, says Kiplimo, there were six other officers
in civilian clothes, firearms discernible to the
curious. To give their identity away, a police Nissan
Xtrail outrider was packed by the entrance.

“After about 20 minutes, Nyong’o and his wife
left. He was driven off in a Toyota V8, Dorothy in
a Mercedes Benz,” says Kiplimo.
Kempinski is one of the brands hosting the ‘Lupita
Homecoming.’ Others are Safaricom, Kenya
Airways, Simba Colt Motors, African Heritage and
Lulea, a luxury bag manufacturer. Companies will
be required to pay Sh100,000 for a table, while
individuals will have to part with Sh10,000.
And Lupita is not on holiday here in Nairobi, a city
that she sees in ‘blue,’ a colour that inspired her
flowing Prada gown March last year as she received
the Oscar for supporting actress in the movie ‘12
Years a Slave’.
“It is a blue that reminds me of Nairobi, so I
wanted to have a little bit of home, “ she then told
the American idol host, Ryan Seacrest.


By Kiundu Waweru
Updated Saturday, June 27th 2015 at 00:00 GMT
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