Kampala, Uganda | URN | The High Court has ruled that Christopher Okello Onyum has a case to answer regarding the murder of four toddlers at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre. Justice Alice Komuhangi Khaukha, presiding over a special mobile session at Ggaba Community Church, said that the prosecution …
Read More »Schools tighten access rules after Ggaba Daycare horror
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Tuesday evening, Amina Namuwaya arrived at Immaculate Heart Primary School as she had done countless times before. She expected to walk straight to her children’s classrooms, collect them, and head home. Instead, school authorities restricted her at the gate. “Last week I wasn’t …
Read More »Psychiatrists rule out mental illness, suggest quest for riches in Ggaba killings
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Mental health experts on Friday testified in the High Court trial of Christopher Okello Onyum, the man suspected of murdering toddlers at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre. They detailed the suspect’s confession and conflicting mental health history. Appearing before Justice Alice Komuhangi Khaukha, two …
Read More »ULS condemns their obstruction at Ggaba Mobile High Court session
Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has issued a formal protest following a series of events at the Ggaba Mobile High Court, where its representatives were allegedly blocked from accessing a presiding judge and forcibly removed from court premises under police guard. In a protest note …
Read More »Okello collapses as witness linked him to Ggaba child killings
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Christopher Okello Onyum, the man accused of the murder of four toddlers at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre, suffered an emotional collapse, forcing an abrupt halt to the proceedings on Wednesday. He collapsed during the testimony of Prosecution Witness- Eight, Rashid Juma, a director at …
Read More »Daycare attendant recounts horrific sequence of Ggaba toddler murders
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Phibby Namutebi, a caretaker at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre, says she struggled to save the children from the assailant who chased her with a knife. Her testimony closed the first day of the trial of Christopher Onyum Okello, the suspect in the brutal …
Read More »Ggaba Murder Trial: Suspect pleads not guilty
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Christopher Onyum Okello, the 39-year-old accused of the gruesome murder of four toddlers at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre, pleaded not guilty Monday morning as his trial commenced. Okello faces four counts of murder, contrary to Sections 171 and 172 of the Penal Code Act. …
Read More »Ggaba toddler murder suspect to be tried in open court
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Christopher Okello Onyum 39, the man accused in the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Day Care Center of slaughtering four toddlers in cold blood, will be tried in open court next week. According to a statement by the State Minister of Youth and Children Affairs, Balaam …
Read More »UNICEF condemns brutal attack at Ggaba School
Kampala, Uganda | URN | The UNICEF Representative to Uganda, Dr. Robin Nandy, has condemned the violent attacks targeting children across the country. In a press statement released on Tuesday, Dr. Nandy expressed shock and sadness following the incidents in Ggaba- Kampala and Apac District recently. In Ggaba Early Childhood …
Read More »Ggaba Killings: Suspect remanded to Luzira Prison
Kampala, Uganda | URN | The suspect in the Ggaba Daycare Centre killings, Christopher Okello Onyum, a 39-year-old, has been remanded to Luzira prison. Okello, wearing faded blue jeans and a white and red striped jacket, appeared unshaken as he was brought before the court. Unlike other suspects who usually …
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