Editing Félicien Kabuga (section)

==Early life==
Kabuga was born in Muniga, in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commune_%28administrative_division%29 commune] of Mukarange, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefecture prefecture] of Byumba, [[W:Ruanda-Urundi|Ruanda-Urundi]], roughly 30 kilometers off the Rwanda-Uganda Border. Kabuga amassed his wealth by owning tea farms in northern Rwanda, among other business ventures. A multimillionaire, he was closely connected to [[Juvénal Habyarimana]]'s [[MRND]] party and the [[Akazu]], an informal group of Hutu extremists from northern Rwanda that strongly contributed to the Rwandan Genocide.

Kabuga was also allegedly heavily involved in the founding and bankrolling of [[Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines]]<ref name = machetes></ref>, as well as ''[[Kangura]]'' magazine. In 1993, at an RTLM fundraising meeting organized by the MRND, Felicien Kabuga allegedly publicly defined the purpose of RTLM as the defence of [[Hutu Power]]. During the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICTR ICTR]'s so-called "media trial", former RTLM presenter [[George Ruggiu]] named Kabuga as the "Chairman Director-general" of the station, with duties such as "presiding over RTLM" and "representing RTLM."<ref name = kabuga>[https://www.irmct.org/en/cases/mict-13-38 KABUGA, Félicien (MICT-13-38)], International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals</ref>

From January 1993 to March 1994, a total of 500,000 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machetes machetes] were imported into Rwanda, statistically one for every three adult Hutus in the country. Kabuga has been named as one of the main importers of these machetes.<ref name = machetes>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-rwandan-genocide-felicien-kabuga-arrested-20200516-ml6iuarta5emdhcrlnttmplngi-story.html Fugitive accused of supplying machetes, propaganda during Rwanda’s genocide is arrested outside Paris], ''Chicago Tribune''</ref>

Kabuga is married to Josephine Mukazitoni. Two of their daughters are married to two of Habyarimana's sons.