[5] Kabuga is noted for his role as the primary[6] financier of Hutu extremist media outlets, such as the RTLM radio station and Kangura magazine, which advocated for the killing of the Tutsi minority.
[5][12] On 29 August 1998, the prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Carla Del Ponte, indicted Kabuga.
In September 1995, before any indictment and before he was named as a suspected planner of the genocide, Kabuga registered and ran a business, Nshikabem Agency, in Nairobi.
"[17] 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.
[20] On June 14, 2008, KTN News Kenya reported that Kabuga had been arrested the day before and was being held at Gigiri Police Station in Nairobi.
It was earlier suspected that Kabuga resided in Kenya and was to be running businesses and enjoying protection from either the Kenyan government or some influential figures within the country.
He was arrested by French police as the result of a joint investigation with the IRMCT Office of the Prosecutor,[8] assisted by Interpol and law enforcement agencies in Rwanda, Belgium, and the United States.
[26] The court announced that it had received an independent medical report regarding Kabuga's mental fitness and would be holding further hearings over the coming weeks.