ODPP Slaps Okello Onyum with Four Murder Charges in Ggaba Toddlers Case

Описание: The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has sanctioned four murder charges against Christopher Okello Onyum for killing four children at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre last week.
According to the charge sheet, the prosecution alleges that Christopher Okello Onyum, on the 2nd day of April 2026, at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Center, Ggaba Trading Zone in Makindye Division, with malice aforethought, unlawfully caused the death of Eteku Gideon, Keisha Agenorwoth Otim, Sseruyange Ignitius, and Odeke Ryan.
This afternoon, Okello Onyum appeared before the Chief Magistrates' Court of Makindye, where the charges were read to him and explained.
He was remanded to prison until tomorrow, April 8, 2026, when the case will be mentioned.
The case is being prosecuted by Mr. Jonathan Muwaganya and Ms. Anna Kiiza, Chief State Attorneys in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), before Her Worship Nanjala Aidah, Senior Magistrate Grade I.
The case has shaken the community, leaving families grieving and many searching for answers.
Justice now begins its course as the prosecution sets out to lay the evidence behind the heartbreaking tragedy before the court for examination.
The trial also falls on the heels of a presidential directive to the judiciary last evening to fast-track the trial of the prime suspect Okello Anyum and have the proceedings conducted within the community where the crime allegedly occured so that residents can witness justice being dispensed.
The directive if implemented could make the case one of the first recent civilian matters to be heard through a community based mobile court. This was revealed by the principal judge Jane Frances Abodo during the funeral service of retired Supreme Court Justice Augustine Nshimye in Kampala.