The governing Rwandan Patriotic Front has been quarrelling about money as well as politics. In recent years the RPF has been privatising its assets, notably Tri-Star Holdings, a company set up by Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa to run businesses in eastern Congo-Kinshasa. The privatisation includes the sale of mining companies, and insiders say it has concentrated Tri-Star assets in the hands of Kagame's family and close allies.
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