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Kenyan celebrity kids: To post or not to post

A girl using a smartphone. (Shutterstock)

While some celebrities keep their private lives - spouses and especially children - away from the public eye, others do not. Many celebrities with a huge following on social media have opened accounts for their children, gathering massive numbers.

For instance, take celebrity couple DJ Mo and his wife, Size 8, whose two children, Ladasha and Muraya Jnr, have substantial social media followings. Ladasha is among the most followed celebrity children in Kenya, with 430,000 followers on her Instagram, while his brother has over 72,000 fan base. When they first decided to open Ladasha's Instagram account, DJ Mo said they knew her potential to grow a huge following and hoped she would get roles as a child ambassador.

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