Ruto Clears Catherine Kasavuli's Ksh4 Million Hospital Bill
He expressed gratitude to the Head of State for his noble gesture...
Marvin Chege 
President William Ruto on Saturday, January 7 settled the Ksh4 million pending medical funds the late veteran news anchor Catherine Kasavuli had accrued during her treatment and admission to the hospital.
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) anchor John Jacob Kioria shared the good news of the waiver through a statement on his Twitter page.
He expressed gratitude to the Head of State for his noble gesture, which now paves the way for her befitting sendoff.
“Great thanks to our President William Ruto who has waived the hospital bill incurred by my colleague Catherine Kasavuli. May her soul continue to rest in peace,” Kioira wrote.
Meanwhile, Kasavuli's family held a fundraising at the United Kenya Club on Saturday, as part of a funeral programme highlighting several events before her burial.
She was admitted to the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and underwent treatment at Nairobi Hospital had succumbed to cervical cancer where the family said a bill amounting to Ksh4 million was accumulated.
The family also expected more costs from the mortuary where her body was taken, as well as her eventual burial which is now set for Saturday, January 14 after the final service at Tigoi Primary School in Vihiga County.
“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 at the time.
“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 late journalist's burial will occur the same Saturday at her home in Zululu, Vihiga County after the funeral service at Tigoi Primary School.
A requiem mass for the late journalist will be held on Thursday, January 12, at the Friends International Church along Ngong Road in Nairobi.
President Ruto joined many top Kenyan leaders in mourning the demise of the late news anchor, who had only returned to KBC in 2021.
Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakumicha pays a visit to the late Catherine Kasavuli in hospital on December 23, 2022. /FILE
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