Ruhila Adatia-Sood Explained

Ruhila Adatia-Sood
Birth Name:Ruhila Adatia
Birth Date:1982 8, mf=yes
Birth Place:Kitisuru, Kenya
Death Place:Nairobi, Kenya
Education:Rhodes University
Occupation:Radio Africa Group presenter
Years Active:2007–2013
Organization:Kiss FM
Spouse:Ketan Sood

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

Ruhila Adatia was born and brought up in Kitisuru, Nairobi.[1] [2] She graduated from Aga Khan Academy, Nairobi,[3] 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,[4] recorded each month in Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi.[5]

She was a member of Kenya's Ismaili Muslim community. 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.[6]

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.[7] At the time of her death, at the age of 31,[8] she was six or seven months pregnant with her first child.[9] [10]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Radio Journalist Ruhila Adatia Killed in Westgate Attack: Her Last Media Update . mwakilishi.com . 21 September 2013 . 22 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130924044049/http://www.mwakilishi.com/content/articles/2013/09/21/radio-journalist-ruhila-adatia-killed-in-westgate-attack.html . 24 September 2013 .
  2. Web site: Kenya: Relative Values - I Had My First Relationship in My 20s, It Was Approved By My Sisters and Friends. Mukel. Catherine. 15 September 2012. The Star. 23 September 2013.
  3. https://www.facebook.com/ruhila.adatiasood/about Ruhila Adatia-Sood
  4. News: Kenya mall attack: Indian-origin radio presenter among those killed. NDTV.com. 2018-01-11.
  5. http://www.ghafla.co.ke/news/tv/item/11690-east-fm-radio-presenter-and-ruhila-adatia-s-close-friend-kamal-kaur-talks-abou-her-harrowing-ordeal-at-westgate Article: East FM Radio Presenter And Ruhila Adatia's Close Friend Kamal Kaur Talks About Her Harrowing Ordeal At Westgate! on ghafla.co.ke
  6. [James Murua|Murua, James]
  7. News: Nairobi Westgate attack: The victims. 2013-09-26. BBC News. 2018-01-11. en-GB.
  8. News: Kenya buries its dead amid search for bodies and clues. New Straits Times. 2013-09-26. 2013-09-26. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130927043700/http://www.nst.com.my/latest/kenya-buries-its-dead-amid-search-for-bodies-and-clues-1.363480#ixzz2g0jZmYfM. 2013-09-27.
  9. News: Kenya standoff: The victims. BBC News. 2013-09-21. 2013-09-21.
  10. Web site: AllInsights. Reuters. en-US. 2018-01-11.

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