1. Patrick Karegeya was a head of intelligence in Rwanda.
10 Facts About Patrick Karegeya
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Patrick Karegeya was a member of the Rwandan Patriotic Front group that took power in Rwanda following the genocide against Tutsi.
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Patrick Karegeya was a member of the Kinyarwanda speaking Tutsi people who had been exiled to Uganda from Rwanda following the 1959 Hutu revolution.
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Patrick Karegeya stayed behind in Uganda to serve as a liaison between intelligence agencies of Uganda and the RPF.
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Patrick Karegeya had a large role in coordinating intelligence for these wars and for dissident suppression at home.
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Patrick Karegeya was arrested and served an 18-month sentence for desertion and insubordination.
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Patrick Karegeya was stripped of his rank of colonel on 13 July 2006 by a military tribunal and fled the country in 2007.
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Later, Kagame claimed that Patrick Karegeya was in the pay of South African military intelligence.
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On 1 January 2014, Patrick Karegeya was found dead at the Michelangelo Towers, an upmarket hotel in the Johannesburg suburb of Sandton in South Africa.
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Patrick Karegeya's family has accused South Africa of covering up his murder.