Born and raised in
Kenya, Ghettuba studied communications and political science at
Andrews University in
Michigan, United States. After her graduation, she spent several years living in
Canada, where she worked for a period with a
venture capital fund. She returned to
Kenya shortly after her thirtieth birthday. Ghettuba claims that her original passion was acting, but when she was not selected for roles, she turned to the production side of filmmaking. She quit her job at a venture capital firm in
Canada to pursue her passion in filmmaking. Gettuba-Pala joined a local TV show as a producer before moving on to establish Spielworks Media, a local entertainment production and content creation company for television and digital platforms operating in East and
Central Africa. Ghettuba-Pala is also the co-founder of Keja TV, a social media channel on
Facebook and
YouTube. Ghettuba-Pala is dedicated to developing creative talent and quality talent and as such has won many accolades for 18 television shows, 20 web shows and over 40 movies. Some of her renown projects include a popular Kiswahili TV show,
Penzi la Sumu. Other films that she has produced are
Lies that Bind,
Saints and
Higher Learning. The film mogul landed a job at Netflix as manager international originals in March 2019 and was also appointed by the Kenyan government as chairperson
Kenya Film Commission Board in May 2019. Ghettuba Pala is married to a Kenyan journalist Oyunga.
Spielworks Media She launched Spielworks Media in 2009. She claims that her dream is to turn the company into an African version of the
US motion picture studio
Universal Pictures. == Filmography ==