Lupita Nyong’o celebrates father’s win in Kenya polls

Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has congratulated her father on winning a second and final term as governor of Kenya’s Kisumu county.

Her father, Anyang Nyong’o, was announced winner on Wednesday following Kenya’s general elections on Tuesday.

The Oscar-winning actor was raised in Kenya, before moving to the United States.

Nyong’o, who won a best-supporting actress Oscar for 12 Years a Slave, thanked the people of Kisumu for “their overwhelming support” to her father at the polls.

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