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Dr Catherine Masitsa: Understanding the primetime woman

She is a qualified veterinary doctor, but is most well-known for her wedding planning business, Samantha's Bridal [Courtesy, Files, Standard]

"I am formidable. I am a wall. You can't get through to me." Those are Dr Catherine Masitsa's taglines on the first season of the Real Housewives of Nairobi, and when I speak to her, it is clear she embodies that spirit to the fullest.

"Those lines mean a lot of things. You can't script me. You cannot 'panga me," she says.

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