· Bernard Mumo, the officer in charge of the gender desk at the station said the mother, Esther Nzambu, has been untraceable for one month and two weeks.
• She left the baby at a daycare service centre in Kamulu but never returned.
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Officers at Kamulu police station in Machakos county are looking for the mother of a seven-year old girl she allegedly abandoned at a daycare centre a month ago.
Her plight was highlighted on social media by a concerned Kenyan privy to the case saying the mother promised to come back for her daughter but never returned.
"The mother never showed up and since she never left any contacts that could be used to contact her, efforts to trace her have been futile. The girl doesn't know her home at all. She only mentions Kitui, Machakos and Kangemi, the areas she remembers to have lived," he said.
He said the minor has since been placed under the custody of Kamulu Police station.
"She can only speak Kiswahili," he said.
Bernard Mumo, the officer in charge of the gender desk at the station confirmed that the child is in their custody.
"The area the child was left is Kanisani at Kamulu. She reports that her mother has the habit of leaving her, not once not twice, this being the longest time," Mumo said.
He said the mother has been untraceable for one month and two weeks.
Kenyans online were sympathetic over the girl's plight and expressed concern over the mother's safety.
Some said the mother may have encountered a calamity or was facing a difficult situation in life and saw the day care as the safest place to abandon her daughter.
"Imagine waiting for mum to come and pick you, left with strangers..she must have a lot of questions. I hope she finds love and good care," one user said.
Mumo urged parents to take full responsibility of their children regardless of the prevailing dire economic conditions.
"As much as times are bad economically, let parents take full responsibility of their children," Mumo said.
He, however, expressed optimism that the mother would be found and reunited with the daughter.
"I will come back after getting the mother and appreciate," he said upon being informed that girl's story has been highlighted in main stream media.