Exiled critic of Rwandan president found beheaded in Uganda

Ugandan police say a male body has been found in a village near Kampala, and his head has yet to be located.Published On 20 Oct 202620 Oct 2026An exiled vocal critic of the Rwandan government has been found decapitated near Kampala, south-central Uganda, according to a police spokesperson, in a case which remains under investigation.Ugandan police said on Monday they were investigating the “murder of a male adult (around 50), whose head was cut off, and up to now, the head has not yet been recovered”, spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke told reporters, adding that the body had been identified by relatives as Robert Kabera.The body was found in Luwala, a village near Kampala, and the killing likely took place late on October 16 or early on October 17, police added.Robert Kabera, a former sergeant who fled Rwanda several years ago, was living in Uganda. The former soldier was not critical of the government during his time with the military, but grew increasingly opposed to Rwandan President Paul Kagame.Kabera had a YouTube channel, “Major Robert TV”, with 144,000 subscribers. He featured a song praising opposition figure Victoire Ingabire, a rare voice of dissent in Rwanda who had been repea...