DR CATHERINE MASITSA REPLACES DR MARIA ON REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NAIROBI

Dr. Catherine Masitsa has replaced Dr Maria Bayerl on the Real Housewives of Nairobi (RHONairobi). She is the sixth housewife to join the reality series. The fierce, no-nonsense Dr. Catherine aka The Queen Mother will be making her official debut in this week’s episode, the fifth, which also sees Minne attempt to bring the ladies into her world.

Dr. Catherine Masitsa is a veterinary doctor, real estate investor and publisher. She is the founder and managing director of Samantha’s Bridal, East Africa’s leading wedding media company that has ventured into TV shows, luxury bridal events and wedding planning.

Recently, Dr. Catherine also launched a wine brand, Samantha Wines, and is just about to launch her champagne brand. She is married to a neurologist, Dr. Andras Rosza, and together they have one daughter. We sat down with her to find out what to expect as she makes her debut on The Real Housewives of Nairobi.

On joining the show late Dr Masitsa said, “I’m very excited to be part of this show because I’m not very big on social media, and I think that through The Real Housewives of Nairobi, my fans will get to see the real me living my fabulous life. It’s been an eye opener interacting with them, from creating real friendships to friendships being tested. I had my assumptions about them but the more I interact with them in such close, intimate spaces, the more I really get to know them – their frailties, fears, triumphs and personalities, and not what we read about. You get to see that they’re solid people. Everybody is so real and living their lives.”

Dr Catherine is passionate about female representation, and especially for women above 45 years, “Being on The Real Housewives of Nairobi, one of the things I like is the fact that the 45+ year-old woman that’s me is represented. The thing about this market (the African market) is that almost everybody caters for the 35-year-old women and below. Just look at the media, and all the advertising, you’ll hardly see women who are above 45 years represented.

I can understand that, since the Kenyan (and African) demographic is quite young, they’d focus on 35 and below.  But I want to say that the 45+ year-old woman has come of age. We are the people running this town: we’re owning companies, we’re chairing boards, we’re the people really running the real estate market, we’re the people who walk into those homes and buy them, in cash. We’re also the people behind the companies ringing the bell at the Nairobi Stock Exchange.

For me it makes sense that we would have that kind of a woman represented on a show like this because we want our girls to see that you can live a fabulous life, you can be fashionable, you can chair boards and become a CEO, and do these things all at once. The 45+-year-old woman is worth her value, and in solid gold, and I hope I bring this out on The Real Housewives of Nairobi.”