Kenya to help trace Kabuga, court told

By Judy Ogutu

Kenya is obliged to help track down Rwandese fugitive Felicien Kabuga, a Nairobi court was told.

The Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko said the State had "sufficiently demonstrated that there is an obligation for Kenya to co-operate with the International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda (ICTR)".

Last May, the Attorney General went to court through Tobiko and obtained orders freezing dealings in the upmarket Spanish Villas.

But Kabuga’s wife, Mukazitoni, wants Justice Muga Apondi to set aside or vary the orders restraining Kabuga, Kenya Trust Company and herself from selling, disposing off, damaging or wasting the property.

Mukazitoni, who resides in Belgium, says she owns the villas. Through her advocate, Mr Kennedy Ogeto, she says ICTR statutes, which the AG relied on to obtain the orders, have not been domesticated.

Yesterday, Tobiko said Parliament does not need to pass legislation to freeze Kabuga’s assets.

 

 

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