abduction

The girl is also at the centre of an abduction plot - something community leader Sue-Anne Hunter called a "particularly insensitive choice", given the "painful historical context" of the Stolen Generations.

The latest example of this came when it was accused of being complicit - as Uganda's Observer newspaper put it - in the "brazen cross-border abductions" of 36 Ugandan opposition supporters in July.

Such abductions are rare, and this specific scenario — a child taken from her bedroom, by a stranger, in front of witnesses — defied their collective experience.

Following reports of the kidnapping, Kenyan police told the BBC they were investigating a "kidnapping incident" after a motorcycle driver witnessed the abduction.

Kenyan police told the BBC they were investigating a "kidnapping incident" after a motorcycle driver witnessed the abduction.