By Charles Odongtho
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda says they want the 53 member states of the Commonwealth to help them arrest and bring to justice 14 fugitives who are hiding in various countries, several of them Commonwealth members.
The Spokesperson for the tribunal, Roland Amoussouga named neighbouring 
Kenya as one of the countries where the genocide suspects are hiding. He also named Uganda, a long-time close ally of the Kigali government.
He named one notorious fugitive as Felicien Kabuga whom he said has been sighted a number of times in parts of Kenya, so far without any success in his arrest. Amoussouga said the tribunal had discovered through investigations that several other fugitives are hiding in Commonwealth countries, with no mechanism in place currently to get them arrested and repatriated.
Amoussouga refused to name more countries saying this could jeopardize the ongoing investigations. But he did list some of the most wanted suspects as Bizimana Augustine, Ndahimana Gregoire, Uwinkindi Jean Bosco, Mpiranya Protais, Kayishema Fulgence, and Ndimbati Aloys.
He said the regional crises in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and other neighboring countries have all been caused partly by the genocide in Rwanda.
Referring to the genocide as the worst human tragedy they have gone through, Amoussouga appealed to the Commonwealth members to speak with one voice against any kind of impunity.
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Amoussouga said that the out-going Secretary General of the commonwealth, Don Mckinnon visited Rwanda three months ago and agreed with the authorities there that the organization would help them with the process of getting suspects through the justice process.
Seventy-two suspects have so far been arrested since the tribunal got established in 1994 six of whom are already serving their sentences in Mali after successfully undergoing trials.
Rwanda has applied to join the Commonwealth and is expected to be confirmed a member at the end of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting this weekend.
