Willis Raburu shares emotional experience after losing his daughter
By Valerian Khakayi, October 22, 2025Media personality Willis Raburu has opened up about the painful experience of losing his daughter Adana, describing it as the lowest point of his life.
Speaking during a candid interview with Alex Mwakideu in an episode aired on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, Willis shared how the tragedy unfolded while he was in the delivery room, watching helplessly as his partner gave birth to their stillborn child.
“That was the lowest moment in my entire life, those hours, because I was in the room when she was pushing, holding the baby after and trying to call her name, and there is no sound,” Raburu disclosed.
“I do not think anything will ever reach that; that was my lowest. I lost hope in everything.”
Emotional moments
Raburu went on to say that the painful memories still haunted him later, especially when he passed by the hospital where the incident happened.
He admitted that even simple moments, such as walking past a supermarket fridge, would trigger the trauma.
“Even after that, because I was in the cold room ata kwa supermarket, nikipita kwa fridge would shake because I would remember,” he added.
The celebrated media personality further revealed that the pain often overwhelmed him, even while he was hosting his popular entertainment show.
“It happens and gets you anytime, anywhere. For me, when I was doing 10/10, I used to park my car, cry, go do the show, I make sure I have shades on, do the show, after the show I would go back to the car and cry, then go home to drink because I was trying to forget.”
Thoughts of self-harm
The former TV host, in a past interview narrated how the loss plagued him, and at some point, he almost took his own life because of the grief.
“For me what I learned is that you have underlying, issues that you need to talk about, and you need to seek therapy which I did a lot, one of those darkest moments I (wanted to end my life)and again all the time I thought about my daughter if she on the other side the only way I can see her is to join her, I did go through moments where my therapists had to call the office, that was the time people started checking up on me,” Willis said.
Adana was pronounced dead at birth on December 31, 2019.