Madar (Kampala) - Ugandan police said on Monday, October 19, 2026, that the head of exiled Rwandan dissident Robert Kabera had still not been recovered, after local residents found his beheaded body on the outskirts of Kampala over the weekend, the BBC reported.
Kabera, 50, a former sergeant major in the Rwandan army, fled his country after being accused of sexual assault, which he denied, and sought asylum in Uganda citing political persecution. A musician and YouTuber, he had more than 144,000 subscribers and over 800 videos, many of them criticising President Paul Kagame and his administration.
According to his family, he had travelled to inspect a construction site about 45 km (30 miles) outside Kampala before his death. His widow, Jeanne d'Arc Rwigema Uwizeye, told the BBC she feared for her family's safety: "It is scary. I feel crazy, the children and I don't have security."
The Rwandan government has not publicly commented. The exiled opposition Rwanda National Congress (RNC) called for a thorough investigation and for those responsible to be brought to justice, saying on X that Rwandans in exile were confronting a terrifying question: "where can we be safe?"
His death adds to concerns about the safety of Rwandan dissidents abroad. In 2014, former Rwandan intelligence chief Patrick Karegeya, who helped set up the RNC, was found dead in his hotel room in Johannesburg, and in 2019 South African authorities issued arrest warrants for two Rwandans accused of his murder.
