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'Waruhiu Itote' (General China) (b. 1922, died April 30, 1993) was one of the key leaders of the Mau Mau rebellion alongside Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi and General Stanley Mathenge.
Itote was captured by British troops in 15 January 1954, but unlike Kimathi he was eventually released.
In 1967 he published his autobiography, "'Mau Mau' General" (East African Publishing House), and in 1979 wrote "Mau Mau in Action" (Transafrica Books).
He was born in Kaheti village, Mukurwe-ini division, Nyeri District in 1922
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.

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