Rwandan dissident and critic of Rwandan President Paul Kagame discovered with out his head in Uganda

A former Rwandan military sergeant main and outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame has been discovered with no head on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda.

Robert Kabera, 50, had sought asylum in Uganda after fleeing Rwanda, the place he confronted allegations of  defilement that he denied. He maintained that he was being politically persecuted. Ugandan police spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke stated on Monday that residents found Kabera’s physique over the weekend. Police stated a part of his stays had not been recovered.

His household stated he had travelled to examine a building web site roughly 45 kilometres exterior Kampala earlier than the incident. Kabera’s widow, Jeanne d’Arc Rwigema Uwizeye, advised BBC Great Lakes in a written message that she feared for her household’s security. “It is scary. I feel crazy, the children and I don’t have security,” she stated.

Kabera was additionally a musician and YouTuber whose channel attracted greater than 144,000 subscribers. He printed over 800 movies, many criticising Kagame and his administration. The Rwandan authorities has not publicly commented on the incident. The exiled opposition group Rwanda National Congress callefor an intensive investigation and urged authorities to deliver these accountable to justice.

“Today, his family is grieving, his voice is gone, and Rwandans in exile are confronting a terrifying question: where can we be safe?” the group stated in a press release on X. The incident has renewed issues in regards to the security of Rwandan authorities critics dwelling overseas.

In 2014, former Rwandan intelligence chief Patrick Karegeya, who helped set up the RNC, was discovered slain in a Johannesburg lodge room. Karegeya had fallen out with Kagame and served an 18-month jail sentence for insubordination and desertion earlier than fleeing to South Africa in 2007. He subsequently turned a outstanding critic of the Rwandan authorities.

Following that incident, Kagame made remarks broadly interpreted as a warning to opponents. “Any person alive who may be plotting against Rwanda, whoever they are, will pay the price. Whoever it is, it is a matter of time,” he stated. South African authorities issued arrest warrants in 2019 for 2 Rwandans accused in reference to Karegeya’s slaying.