FBI HUNT KABUGA IN RIFT VALLEY
INTELLIGENCE officers from Rwanda and the US are reportedly in Rift Valley following up reports that wanted Rwandan fugitive Felicien Kabuga is still in Kenya. The team includes four officers from the American Federal Bureau of Investigation and eight from Rwandan intelligence. Last Sunday they visited a local private hospital and a hotel in Eldoret. The investigators had received reports that a sick man resembling Kabuga would be brought in for medication.
The staff at the hospital were not aware that the building had been surrounded by the team who were hoping to grab Kabuga. However the trap failed and reports indicated that the man may have been taken to a different hospital. Kabuga has been on the run since 1994 and is wanted for his role in the Rwandan genocide that claimed the lives of more than 800,000 people. They also visited a home of a politician in Nandi county where residents claimed they had seen strange people and vehicles escorting an unknown VIP.
A senior police officer in Nakuru confirmed to The Star that he was aware of a team from Rwanda who have been searching for Kabuga in Rift Valley and Western regions. "They have been here for some time. They believe he is most likely in parts of this region", said the officer who requested not to be named for security reasons. Eldoret Police chief Erastus Muthamia could not be reached for comment on the search for Kabuga in Eldoret and the town's environs.
The investigators have visited various towns and locations in Rift Valley and Western and recruited informers to monitor movements. In one incident, the investigators trailed a white Landrover to a businessman's house in the Kerio Valley. The team have been staying at a hotel in Eldoret where they booked in under false names. They also visited a home in Bungoma town where informers reportedly witnessed a strange night burial last year. The team have also secretly combed locations in Kericho, Bomet, Nakuru, Keiyo, Eldoret town, Litein, Kuresoi, Kisumu, Isabania on the Kenya-Tanzania border, and Entente in Trans Nzoia.
The team went on high alert last week when the Nation and NTV published a story that Kabuga was still alive and well in Kenya. They believed that the story might provoke Kabuga to move out of his hideouts. The team also used a woman working with a local authority to lure a man who resembled Kabuga but he slipped away. The team are closely monitoring activities of one MP and two retired politicians suspected to have had contacts with Kabuga.
The spies are also closely monitoring activities of one serving MP and two other retired but influential politicians suspected to have had contacts with Kabuga. Kabuga has been on the run since 1994. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda issued an arrest warrant for Kabuga in 1998. He was accused of bankrolling the Rwandan genocide and being involved in Radio Milles Collines which broadcast instructions for the murder of Tutsis. Kabuga has always insisted that he is innocent of the charges.
There have been persistent reports that Kabuga is in Kenya although the government have insisted that he is not here. The United States has offered a bounty of S5 million (Sh425 million) for information leading to the arrest of Kabuga.
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