Ruhila Adatia-Sood

Ruhila Adatia-Sood (29 August 1982 – 21 September 2013)[1] was a Kenyan television and radio presenter and journalist[2] of Indian heritage.[3]

Ruhila Adatia-Sood
Born
Ruhila Adatia

(1982-08-29)August 29, 1982
Kitisuru, Kenya
DiedSeptember 21, 2013(2013-09-21) (aged 31)
Nairobi
CitizenshipKenyan
EducationRhodes University
OccupationRadio Africa Group presenter
Years active2007–2013
OrganizationKiss FM
Spouse(s)Ketan Sood

Ruhila Adatia was born and brought up in Kitisuru, Nairobi.[2][3] She graduated from Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi,[4] and in 2007 from Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. Since 2007 she had worked for Kenya Radio Africa Group as a news presenter and Rankingshow Kiss 100 moderator for Kiss TV, and Metro East FM, a radio station in Nairobi aimed at Kenyan Asians. Since 2011 she was, together with Kamal Kaur, a moderator of a TV cooking show for children,[5] recorded each month in Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi.[6]

She was a member of Kenya's Ismaili Muslim community.[7] In January 2012, she married Ketan Sood, a member of the USAID mission in Nairobi; the wedding took place at the Arya Samaj Temple in Parklands, Nairobi.[8]

She was wounded in the Westgate shopping mall shooting while hosting a cooking competition for children in the centre's rooftop car park, and died on the way to the Aga Khan Hospital.[9] At the time of her death, at the age of 31,[7] she was six or seven months pregnant with her first child.[10][11]

References
  1. "Ruhila Adatia-Sood One of 68 Dead After Terror Attack at Kenya's Westgate Mall". www.theepochtimes.com. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  2. "Radio Journalist Ruhila Adatia Killed in Westgate Attack: Her Last Media Update". mwakilishi.com. 21 September 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  3. Mukel, Catherine (15 September 2012). "Kenya: Relative Values - I Had My First Relationship in My 20s, It Was Approved By My Sisters and Friends". The Star. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  4. Ruhila Adatia-Sood
  5. "Kenya mall attack: Indian-origin radio presenter among those killed". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  6. Article: East FM Radio Presenter And Ruhila Adatia's Close Friend Kamal Kaur Talks About Her Harrowing Ordeal At Westgate! on ghafla.co.ke Archived 2013-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Kenya buries its dead amid search for bodies and clues". New Straits Times. 2013-09-26. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
  8. James Murua, "Kiss TV's Gossip Girl weds", The Star, 9 January 2012
  9. "Nairobi Westgate attack: The victims". BBC News. 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  10. "Kenya standoff: The victims". BBC News. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
  11. "AllInsights". Reuters. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
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