was then set to arrest the general. Capture and Murder A colonial informer offered to assist the Embu fighters get pangas and other weapons. Kubu Kubu, as the leader, led a team to pick up the weapons at a place called Itundu near Runyenjes town, where the colonial soldiers shot him in the leg and arrested him. He was frog-marched through Mukuuri and Kathande villages where all women were ordered to collect firewood, which would be used to burn him. His captors lynched him near Muragari Primary School in Mukuuri. Colonialists made a huge pyre and set his body on fire, against Embu customs. They forced the women and children to watch the body go up in flames. They also humiliated women by forcing them to clap as the body turned into ashes. After his death, Kavote took over as general. At the time, Kavote was one of the youngest fighters within the Mau Mau. He died in 2015. Legacy In 1987, former Runyenjes legislator Stanley Nyagah built a modern boarding primary school in Kubu Kubu's memory where his body was burnt in 1955. A street and a shopping centre in Embu Town has also been named after him. A road in Nyeri Town has also been named after Kubu Kubu. The main street in Runyenjes Town is also named after him, as well as the Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge, a luxury camp in the heart of Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Itote widely mentions Kubu Kubu in his 1967 autobiography, "Mau Mau" General (East African Publishing House). References Kenyan rebels Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain 1920s births 1950s deaths People of the Mau Mau Uprising