[4] Numerous media outlets loyal to the current Government of Rwanda, led by Kagame, alleged that he had fled the country after embezzling money from a microfinance group.
However, the Cyangugu Catholic Church Bishop considered that information completely false and fabricated, a result of a smear campaign against Father Thomas Nahimana, as an Opposition Leader.
In 2011, the Catholic Church in Rwanda, under the pressure of the current Rwandan Government, distanced its organization from Nahimana and Fortunatus Rudakemwa upon the proclamation of Bishop Jean Damascene Bimenyimana of Cyangugu Diocese for "instigating divisionism and promoting genocide ideology".
[6] In November 2016, Nahimana Thomas and his close aids (Candidate Campaign Manager Venant Nkurunziza and Candidate Principal Spokesperson Claire Nadine Kansinge, along with the latter's seven-month-old baby Kejo Skyler) attempted to return to Rwanda to partake in the upcoming 2017 presidential election but were refused entry into Rwanda by Paul Kagame's government.
Once again Nahimana was denied entry to Rwanda by the Rwandan Directorate of Immigration on the basis of a series of complex passport and visa issues.