Judgment Day for Okello in Ggaba daycare murder trial

The country’s attention turns to Ggaba this morning as the High Court prepares to deliver judgment in one of Uganda’s most shocking criminal cases in recent years. Christopher Okello Onyum, 38, stands accused of killing four toddlers at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Programme in an attack that stunned the nation and left a community in mourning.

After three weeks of hearing evidence in a marathon and rare mobile court session in the community, the trial has reached its defining moment. Presiding judge Alice Komuhangi Khaukha is expected to determine whether the prosecution has…