 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Mushure mekupedza chikoro chesekondari, Kabila akatevera kosi yechiuto muTanzania, ndokuzoenda kuYunivhesiti yeMakerere muUganda. Muna October 1996, Laurent-Désiré Kabila akatanga mushandirapamwe muZaire wokubvisa hurumende yaMobutuneuto rake richangobva kuumbwa, Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire AFDL. Joseph Kabila akava mutungamiri weboka reAFDL raisanganisira kadogos vana varwi uye zvichida akaita basa rinokosha muhondo huru mumugwagwa unoenda kuKinshasa, asi kwaaive ari panguva yehondo kwakave kwakaoma kuziva. VaJoseph Kabila vanoratidzika kunge vaivepo pakusunungurwa kweKisangani uko mishumo yenhau yakamuzivisa semutungamiri wemauto evapanduki akatora guta iri mushure memazuva mana ehondo huru. 