Waqo Gutu

General Waqo Gutu
Native name	Waaqo Guutuu Usuu
Born	1924 Odaa, Ethiopian Empire
Died	3 February 2006(2006-02-03) (aged 81–82) Nairobi, Kenya
Buried	Bale Zone, Ethiopia
Allegiance	Bale Rebel Movement United Oromo People Liberation Front
Years of service	1960–1969
Battles / wars	Bale Revolt Ethiopian Civil War

General Waqo Gutu Usu (1924 – 3 February 2006) was an Ethiopian revolutionary and leader of one of the earlier Oromo resistance fighter movements; the Bale Revolt, which in the 1960s had fought against the feudalistic system in place in the Ethiopian Empire. He was elected chairman of the United Liberation Forces of Oromia in 2000. In 2006, Gutu died in a Nairobi hospital, survived by 20 sons and 17 daughters.^{[1][failed verification]}