Veteran Tv news anchor Catherine Kasavuli has passed on at the Kenyatta National Hospital at the age of 60, after a long battle with cervical cancer. She had been admitted at the facility since October 26.
Kasavuli’s demise was confirmed by the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) Managing Director Samuel Maina, saying that Kasavuli died while receiving treatment on Thursday, December 29.
“Legendary broadcaster, Catherine Kasavuli, has died. She passed away on Thursday night at KNH where she was receiving treatment”. Samwel Maina noted.
In her last post on December 12, the legendary veteran shared that she was visited by her nephew who had lost his mother to cancer, promising to fight the disease.
“Five years later it strikes again, but this time round, we are well prepared, courageous, optimistic, and thankful to every new day I get to hope courageously,” she wrote.
Kasavuli first made public her illness on November 7, appealing for an urgent blood donation. Colleagues in the media industry responded to the clarion call from the KNH blood donation unit.
“It’s not an easy journey but I believe in God’s faithfulness and breakthrough. To anyone fighting the same struggle I love you and we shall overcome,” she posted in early November.
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While undergoing treatment, the media covered her progress and also thanked the public for their continued support.
Well-wishers also raised funds to foot her medical bill.
She wears the crown of Kenya’s first female anchor who has lasted three decades. She began at KBC as a continuity announcer.
The legend’s debut on TV in 1985 came before being engaged in idealising Kenya Television Network (KTN), the first privately-owned TV station in the early 1990s.
The veteran anchor also worked for Citizen TV before moving back to KBC when the station was relaunched in 2022. She had recently returned on TV after KBC hired her among veterans to revamp the media house.
