Kenya again denies hiding Rwandan genocide fugitive Felicien Kabuga

A five million dollar bounty has been put on his head,
for whoever provides information leading to the
arrest of this fugitive by the U.S. government


NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- The Kenyan government on Monday again denied claims by the UN tribunal for Rwanda that its harboring wanted Rwandan fugitive, Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of masterminding his country’s genocide that led to the massacre of almost a million people.

Addressing a news conference in Nairobi, Government Spokesman Alfred Mutua accused the prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Hassan Boubacar Jallow and the U.S. of perpetually propagating baseless allegations that Kabuga was hiding in Kenya and the government had failed to help assist in apprehending him.

Mutua told journalists that the government is not aware of the whereabouts of Kabuga noting that he could be anywhere in the world including Kenya or neighbouring countries.

“The government took great exception to the statement by ICTR Prosecutor Hassan Jallow that Kenya was hiding Kabuga.

“We are not just denying but we are telling them to give us the information and make it public where we are hiding him,” Mutua said.

“We find these allegations to be unjustified and not based on the reality of our cooperation with the United Nations and other countries,” Mutua told journalists in Nairobi.

Kabuga, a wealthy businessman, is accused by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for sponsoring the 1994 Tutsi genocide, in particular the Radio Television Mille Collines (RTLM), and purchasing machetes that were used by Interahamwe militias to kill over one million Tutsis.

Washington has been putting pressure on Kenya to arrest Kabuga who is believed to be living in the country.

A five million dollar bounty has been put on his head, for whoever provides information leading to the arrest of this fugitive by the U.S. government.

“The government has issued a statement to the United Nations Security Council in which it points out that the international community might be over concentrating on Kenya , whereas the fugitive could be comfortably living elsewhere,” said Mutua.

The government spokesman said that the east African nation is working on a comprehensive reply to the UN over continuous allegations its harboring the fugitive.

He said that the Kenyan police have been working together with UN investigators in searching for Kabuga.

Source:coastweek.com/