Catherine Kasavuli's Family Appeals For Help To Settle Ksh4M Medical Bill

The family also expect more costs from the mortuary where her body was taken, as well as her eventual burial, whose date is yet to be determined.

Marvin Chege Marvin Chege
Dec 31, 2022 - 12:11 Updated: Dec 31, 2022 - 12:11
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Catherine Kasavuli's Family Appeals For Help To Settle Ksh4M Medical Bill
The late veteran KBC news anchor, Catherine Kasavuli. /FILE

The family of the late veteran news anchor Catherine Kasavuli who passed away on Friday, December 30 has now appealed for help in settling pending medical funds she had accrued during her treatment and admission to hospital.

Kasavuli was admitted to the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and underwent treatment at Nairobi Hospital had succumbed to cervical cancer where they said a bill amounting to Ksh4 million was accumulated.

The family also expect more costs from the mortuary where her body was taken, as well as her eventual burial, whose date is yet to be determined.

Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakumicha pays a visit to the late Catherine Kasavuli in hospital on December 23, 2022. /FILE

“At the time of her passing away, she had accrued a cumulative hospital bill of Ksh4 million, being bills at both Kenyatta National Hospital and The Nairobi Hospital. We anticipate further bills at the funeral home and costs of interment which we can’t estimate now,” read a statement issued by the deceased's son Martin Kasavuli.

“It is with this mind that I write for your assistance in galvanizing her colleagues in the media fraternity, and the public to assist me to clear the medical bills and give the late ‘Queen of Television’ a befitting farewell."

The statement was addressed to the Media Council of Kenya CEO and copied to managers of six media houses in the country.

Well-wishers can thus contribute to the funds drive to help the family offset the bill through the following means:

Paybill – 8089700

Account number – Catherine Kasavuli

An appeal was sent out to Kenyans across the divide for blood donations after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Since then, the media guru had been regularly updating her fans regarding the progress of her treatment prior to her death.

President William Ruto joined many top Kenyan leaders in mourning the demise of the late news anchor, who had only returned to KBC in 2021.

Read Ruto's tribute below:

It is with great sorrow that I join Kenyans in mourning the passing of Catherine Kasavuli who died Thursday night at 60, after a long brave fight with cancer. Catherine was a cheerful, articulate and intelligent news anchor who took to television with unprecedented flair. 

Her pleasant smile, clear steady voice, and elegance made her a welcome presence and reassuring bearer of news to Kenyan living rooms for decades.

Countless Kenyans watched her with great admiration and many children grew to emulate her. Today, Kasavuli's legacy endures, most notably in the distinctive crisp, fluent and articulate elocution we are all accustomed to in Kenyan broadcast anchoring. 

Let us, therefore, celebrate the life of a talented pioneer who famously excelled in her profession, entrancing the nation with her talent and extraordinary poise.

First Lady Rachel Ruto also shared her tribute to the fallen journalist, who was 60 years old when she passed on.

“Her contributions to the field of media and journalism have been invaluable, and she will always be remembered as a trailblazer and role model for generations to come

"William and I are deeply saddened by her demise. We extend our deepest condolences to her family at this very difficult time. Psalm 34:18. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed,” the first lady tweeted.

Veteran anchor Catherine Kasavuli at KBC studios. /FILE