Félicien Kabuga Félicien Kabuga ( born 1935 ) is a Rwandan businessman , accused of bankrolling and participating in the Rwandan Genocide . Early life . Kabuga was born in Muniga , in the commune of Mukarange , prefecture of Byumba , Rwanda , roughly 30 kilometers off the Rwanda - Uganda Border . Kabuga amassed his wealth by owning tea farms in northern Rwanda , among other business ventures . A multimillionaire , he was closely connected to Juvénal Habyarimana ' s MRND party and the Akazu , an informal group of Hutu extremists from northern Rwanda that strongly contributed to the Rwandan Genocide . Kabuga was also allegedly heavily involved in the founding and bankrolling of RTLM , as well as Kangura magazine . In 1993 , at an RTLM fundraising meeting organized by the MRND , Felicien Kabuga allegedly publicly defined the purpose of RTLM as the defence of Hutu Power . During the ICTR ' s so - called " media trial " , former RTLM presenter Georges Ruggiu named Kabuga as the " Chairman Director - general " of the station , with duties such as " presiding over RTLM " and " representing RTLM . " From January 1993 to March 1994 , a total of 500 , 000 machetes were imported into Rwanda , statistically one for every three adult Hutus in the country . Kabuga has been named as one of the main importers of these machetes . Kabuga is married to Josephine Mukazitoni . Two of their daughters are married to two of Habyarimana ' s sons . Indictment by ICTR . On 29 August 1998 , the prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda , Carla Del Ponte indicted Kabuga . In the amended indictment dated October 1 , 2004 , prosecutor Hassan Jallow charged Kabuga with : Life as a fugitive . In June 1994 , after Rwanda was conquered by the RPF , Kabuga fled the country . He first attempted to enter Switzerland , but was ordered to leave . He went to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , and was later believed to be residing in Nairobi , Kenya . In September 1995 , before any indictment and before he was named as a suspected planner of the genocide , Kabuga registered and apparently ran a business named ' Nshikabem Agency ' in Nairobi , operating out of the Kilimani area located along Nairobi ’ s Lenana Road . In a speech given on August 28 , 2006 during his visit to Kenya , then U . S . Senator Barack Obama accused Kenya of " allowing him [ Kabuga ] to purchase safe haven . " The Kenyan government denied these allegations and described Obama ' s allegation regarding Kabuga as " an insult to the people of this country . " According to June 2008 reports by a Norwegian - based blogger calling himself African Press International ( API ) , Kabuga was in hiding in Oslo , and might be seeking to turn himself in . Authorities dismissed this claim as a hoax . KTN news network in Kenya reported on June 14 , 2008 that Kabuga had been arrested by Kenya Police the day before and was being held at Gigiri Police Station in Nairobi . Later , the suspect was found to be a local university lecturer , not Kabuga as previously thought , and released . It is suspected that Kabuga is in Kenya , and is believed to be running businesses and enjoying protection from either the Kenyan government or some influential figures within the country .