MARTIN KASAVULI PAYS TRIBUTE TO LATE MOTHER CATHERINE

Martin Kasavuli, the son of the late renowned TV presenter Catherine Kasavuli, has paid tribute to his mother in an emotional post. 

Martin confessed he is still learning to live without her, “Catherine, Whenever I am missing you, I also remember how fortunate I was that you were in my life. I wouldn’t trade those moments for the world. You were precious, a gift from God, so much beauty, grace, love and patience you possessed. You touched my heart in so many ways. Even on dark days, your strength and smile made me realise I had an angel beside me. I’m still learning how I will do life without you. Mama I miss you.”

Catherine succumbed to cervical cancer at the Kenyatta National Hospital on December 29, 2022. Speaking during her requiem mass held on January 12, 2023, at the Friends Church on Ngong Road, Martin said his mother wanted him to follow her footsteps, “You knew her as Catherine I knew her as mum, one of the things that she always wanted me to do was to go into television and broadcasting which is one of the things I never wanted to do. My job was to be mum’s bodyguard and I got to understand mummy is Catherine Kasavulli, before it was just a radio in the background and I would hear her voice.“

Mum and I formed a special bond from the day I was born. We were always laughing even when we didn’t have much and she was struggling to educate me. We always had laughter and a home with friends and I got to know a lot of people that she knew.

She was proud of me but I wanted her to keep quiet, one of the disagreements we had was when I told her not to put my name and picture in the newspapers. She was like, ‘how will they know I have a child?’ As much as she wanted me to follow in her footsteps, the reason why I got scared was because her shoes were too big to fill and it was donting for me.”