[1][2] Habitegeko governed the country's Northern Province beginning in February 2011 and left that post in 2021 after serving two terms.
[3] He has credited himself for vastly increasing the quality of life in Northern Province, bringing the percentage of households with electricity from 0.8% in 2011 to 90% at the end of his career.
[4] He was appointed Governor of the Western Province on 15 March 2021, but was removed from office on 28 August 2023 by President Paul Kagame.
[5][6] He supported Rwanda during the 2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions.
[7][8] He supports the disarmament of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, or FDLR.