Omar Serushago claims that Hassan Ngeze also worked with the Prosecutor in 1997, and accuses another key prosecution informer of having planned the genocide. « I heard it said in Nairobi that Hassan Hgeze also worked for the office of the prosecutor. » At least half a dozen times between 15 and 26 November, Omar Serushago repeated the mysterious and embarrassing allegation that Hassan Ngeze allegedly also worked as an informer for the prosecution before his arrest on 18 July, 1997.

Hassan Ngeze's Information
The Prosecutor's representatives, defence lawyers and judges all refrained from further questioning the former militiaman regarding the allegation. The veracity and nature of Serushago's claim, therefore, remain unsubstantiated. But his words are a recent reminder of an incident that occurred during the arrest of Hassan Ngeze nearly four years ago. Ngeze had not only claimed to be aware of the wave of arrests in the month of July 1997, but knew about them in considerable detail. In spectacular fashion, the former journalist produced two documents to support his claim: a hand-drawn sketch entitled « location Ngeze Hassan » and a document containing a list of persons involved in the operation. The then Prosecutor James Stewart, tried to confront Hassan Ngeze to find out how he could have come into possession of these materials. « We don't believe that a leak was possible. These documents were not distributed anywhere else but in Nairobi and security was very tight. It is possible that after the operation began, documents were circulated. We even heard talk that copies of the documents were going around the Rwandan community, but not before the arrests, » the prosecutor explained. Unfortunately, the court did not authorise him to question the suspect, and since then, the question of how Hassan Ngeze was able to get hold of the documents remains a mystery.

The Role of Interahamwe Leaders
Diana Ellis, Ferdinand Nahimana's lawyer, was more interested in finding out the names of the other Interahamwe who had collaborated with the Prosecutor. When Ellis asked Omar Sherushago if he had worked with other informers between July 1997 and February 1998, the witness claimed that he was the only person working for the office of the Prosecutor. But a few days earlier he had said: « I wasn't the only one to be doing this work *of an informer+. There were several people. Our aim was to help the Tribunal achieve its objectives. » In light of this statement, the British lawyer had good reasons for wanting to know more about certain members of the former Interahamwe national committee. Particularly about Phénéas Ruhumuliza, first vice-president of the MRND youth, and Dieudonné Niyitegeka, his treasurer, who were both living in Nairobi in 1997 - and working as informers for the prosecutor. The former later passed away in the Ivory Coast while the latter's role was partly chronicled by Jean Kambanda in his appeal file. In it, the ex-Prime Minister states that after working for the Prosecutor, Dieudonné Niyitegeka went into exile in Canada. This fact is generally well known among Rwandan expatriates living in the suburbs of Nairobi, where the role Interahamwe leaders played in the arrests the Prosecutor made in Kenya is not a well-kept secret. Omar Serushago denies having seen Ruhumuliza in Kenya in 1997, but confirms that he met Dieudonné Niyitegeka at the home of Hassan Ngeze in the Kawangware district in March 1997.

More disturbing still were the accusations that Omar Serushago went on to make against the former treasurer of the Interahamwe, despite the fact that both had worked for the ICTR Prosecutor. The Gisenyi militiaman told the court that he had met the treasurer before April 1994, and claimed that he « was involved in the preparation of the genocide, and in that respect, he also killed. » « Did you hear him say that he wanted to kill the Tutsis for being Tutsi? » he was asked. « Indeed », replied the witness. Omar Serushago also claimed to have seen Dieudonné Niyitegeka in June at the Meridien Hotel in Gisenyi, in the room where Robert Kajuga, the president of the Interahamwe was staying. According to the witness, the national treasurer arrived in a helicopter. He was armed and had an escort. It was truly a rare moment in court: the strange spectacle of informers mutually denouncing each other.