By Robert Hummy
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Nairobi government froze the Kenyanassets of the most wanted suspect in Rwanda's genocide onTuesday.
Felicien Kabuga, a wealthy Hutu businessman, is accused ofbankrolling Rwandan militias who killed some 800,000 ethnicTutsis and moderate Hutus in 100 days of bloodshed in 1994.
"There is enough evidence showing Kabuga is using hissubstantial wealth, including that generated in Kenya, to avoidcapture and assist other fugitives at large to elude capture,"said Keriako Tobiko, Kenya's director of public prosecutions.
The United States has put a $5 million bounty on his head.
Tobiko also told the High Court that Kabuga had used hismoney to "substantially interfere" with prosecution witnessesat the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) inTanzania, which is trying the architects of the genocide.
He said the fugitive and his wife Josephine remainedowners, shareholders and directors in several companiesregistered in Kenya, and that the proceeds were transferredfrom a local bank to an account in Belgium by the couple'sdaughter.
The ICTR has said Kabuga visited Kenya frequently in recentyears. The east African nation has repeatedly deniedallegations it had been remiss in failing to arrest him.
A Kenyan businessman who tried to lure Kabuga to his homein 2003 so that police could catch him was later foundmurdered.
The trial of a former Rwandan government minister, CallixteKalimanzira, began at the ICTR on Tuesday.
"The accused is alleged to have coordinated efforts tocommence the killing of Tutsis in Butare prefecture," the courtsaid in a statement. Kalimanzira, who served as acting ministerof the interior, has pleaded not guilty.
(Writing by Wangui Kanina; Editing by Robert Woodward)
