Johnston Busingi, the UK’s High Commissioner in Rwanda, repeated in sought to attempt or hand over six known Rwandan genocide fugitives still roaming freely in the European country.
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Last year, Rwanda’s new British High Commissioner, Allison Thorpe, admitted that her country’s wheel of justice has really slowly changed with regard to the fugitives of the Rwandan genocide that have remained throughout Britain for nearly two decades.
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Busingye has repeatedly called for justice as a member of the UK Rwandan community and launched the 31st anniversary of the genocide to Tutsi in 1994. The five fugitives known to have long lived in the UK are Celestine Mutabarka, Dr. Vincent Bazinya, Emmanuel Nutézilyayo, Celestine Uzilashevja and Charles Munyaneza.
“The other three are still under investigation.”
“The sixth name is booked as it has not yet been mentioned for the purposes of the investigation. The current situation is that there is an ongoing investigation into the six for the purposes of national trials. There are currently three other people being investigated by the NPPA.
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Rwanda first notified the UK government of the presence of five suspects in relation to the soil in 2007, when it issued the charges in 2007. However, after several arrests and hearings, the UK judiciary released the suspects and ruled that there is a lawsuit they should answer, but that if they were handed over to Rwanda, they would not be subject to a fair trial.
Dr. Vincent Basinya
The doctor, Basinya, was the head of the National Population Bureau (ONAPO) during the 1994 Genocide.
He also worked as a doctor at King Faisal Hospital in Kigali.
He has been accused of coordinating Kigali militia groups, with many witnesses testifying that he organizes meetings at home to plan the Tutsi massacre.
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Basinya was born in Giseny in 1952 and studied medicine at the National University of Rwanda (now the University of Rwanda).
After the Genocide, he fled to Zaire (now the Congo) and then to Kenya before arriving in the UK in 2000.
In 2004 he changed his name to “Brown” and worked for the refugee charity Praxis in London before the indictment was issued in 2005.
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Celestine Mutabarka
Mutabarka, a British Pentecostal preacher, was the director of the Crate Zaire Nir (CZN) Forest Management Organization during genocide.
Mutabarka was born in Kibwe in 1956 and later worked as director of forest management projects, including the PPF Isumo project. In 1993 he founded the Unisodek political party. It was allied with the then dominant MRND party that masterminded the genocide.
He fled to Tanzania and after Genocide to Kenya.
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In 1998 he arrived in Oxfordshire, England, and later founded “Belle of Revival Ministries” as a registered company in 2008.
He also founded the “Rwanda Rise and Shine” party in 2012 before being arrested in 2012 and indicted in genocide in 2013.
He is said to have been involved in the murder of Tutsi refugees in Gatare in April and May, and has led the Interhamwell militia killers to the Hill of Bisero, where a massive operation against Tutsi fled to the hill.
Approximately 40,000 Tsuchi died in Bisero.
Charles Munaneza
Munyaneza was the mayor (Bourg Mestol) of the Kinyamakara Commune in southern Rwanda during genocide. He was born in Zicongolo and later earned degrees from Makelele University in Uganda and Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
In July 1994 he fled to Zaire, then to Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique, using the Burundi alias Mussaceliman.
In 1997 he lived in South Africa before traveling to the UK in 1999, where he claimed asylum using the alias “Charles Mneza.”
He was given an indefinite leave in 2002 to stay in the UK, and his family joined him. He is accused of ordering the extinction of more than 50,000 Tutsi who sought evacuation at Murambi College.
He is said to have worked with the infamous military colonel Alloys Simba when he committed genocide.
Emmanuel Nutézilyayo
Nteziryayo was the mayor of Mudasomwa Commune, in southern Rwanda, during the genocide. He was born in Zicongolo and worked as a teacher before being appointed to Bourgmestre in 1991.
He fled to Zaire in 1994 and later moved to Zambia before arriving in the UK in 2003 where he claimed asylum under the name Emmanuel Nidikumana, disguised as coming from Burundi.
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He is similarly accused of coordinating the mass murder of Tuchi at Murambi Technical School. He is believed to have worked with the Interhamwe militia to support them in the massacres of thousands of Tutsi people, particularly in the infamous Murambi massacre.
He is said to have ordered their burial in a large pit.
Celestine Uzilla Shevja
Ugirashevja was the mayor of the Kigoma commune (district) in southern Rwanda. Witnesses say he is accused of ordering Interhamwe militias to kill thousands of Tutsi people in his commune.
Born in Kigoma, Gitalama in 1953, he was appointed Bourmesto in Kigoma Commune, Gitalama Prefecture in 1978.
In July 1994, Uzirashevja fled to Zaire, and Kenya was joined by his family in 1997.
He studied theology in 1997.
In December of the same year, he arrived in Essex, England and enrolled at the Colchester Institute to study it.
In 2000 he moved to the Essex Coast until 2006, accusing independent newspapers of being accomplice to Tutsi. He is suspected of working with staff from his commune and members of the Gendermoose (police) to kill Tuchi, who lives nearby his hometown.
