Ex-Presidential candidate Nazlin Umar has kicked off a campaign to plead with the parents of top KCPE student Goldalyn Kakuya to remove their daughter from excessive media focus.
Ms Umar has cautioned Mr Harrison Webo and Mrs Matilda Tanga that the media limelight will be harmful to the 14-year-old.
She added that an unnamed politician will also cause the adolescent and her parents grief.
"She is a pretty girl. Protect your daughter. Let us not hear an year from today ati "Ooooh sikujua huyo mheshimiwa atamfanya mtoto wetu hivyo...! (we didn't know the politician would do this to our daughter).
[caption caption="Former presidential candidate Nazlin Umar"]
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"Better safe than sorry. Don't say I didn't warn you," Ms Umar's Facebook post read in part. She did not go into the specific details of who she feared may harm the child.
Nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura in conjunction with the Albinism Society of Kenya (ASK) gave Goldalyn Kakuya her first media press conference a day after she was discovered to be the top candidate.
Senator Mwaura and the lobby group celebrated the young girl and gifted her with a scholarship during the event, celebrating her for bringing greater focus to the Albinism handicap.
The former presidential candidate sternly warned the parents that the media glare will affect their child adversely.
"I urge the parents of Goldalyn Kakuya now to remove their brilliant child from the limelight. She is NOT a social celebrity but a child whose life has barely begun. Primary education is the most elementary level of school let her concentrate on her studies.
"Too much media focus (celebrity status) will and surely already has affected her negatively. Time will tell," Ms Umar stated.
The post quickly gained some media attention prompting the politician to put up a new post asking her followers to continue to agitate for the top student to be shielded from the media.
Since the announcement that she had topped in the national exam was made, Ms Kakuya has held interviews with a number of TV stations and received various gifts from corporate entities.
[caption caption="Senator Isaac Mwaura with top KCPE student Goldalyn Mwaura"]
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