Waruhiu Itote
Waruhiu Itote (General China) (b. 1922; d. 30 April 1993) was one of the key leaders of the Mau Mau rebellion alongside Dedan Kimathi and General Stanley Mathenge and Musa Mwariama.
Itote enlisted in the King's African Rifles in 1942, was posted to Ceylon, then to the Burma Campaign where he was promoted to Corporal.[1]
He was born in Kaheti village, Mukurwe-ini division, Nyeri District in 1922.
Itote was captured by British troops on 15 January 1954. In 1967 he published his autobiography, "'Mau Mau' General" (East African Publishing House), and in 1979 wrote "Mau Mau in Action" (Transafrica Books). He served as the top officer of Kenya National Youth service with his headquarters at Ruaraka, Nairobi.
He died of a stroke in 1993 at the age of 71. At the time of his death he was running a farm near Ol Kalou in Kenya.
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- External biography
- David Blumenkrantz "He Deserved a State Burial"
- Photos of Itote's 1954 trial by George Rodger, Magnum Photos
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