The prime suspect in the alleged murder of four toddlers at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre on April 2, 2026, Christopher Okello Onyum has told the High Court sitting at the Ggaba Community Church grounds, that the killings weren’t intentional.
While giving his unsworn testimony on Friday, Okello told court that the act was not intentional, he is a person of good moral character and was distressed at the time of the incident.
“There were factors that were forcing me. I did not do those things willingly…I am a person of generally good moral character, hardworking, focused and resourceful. I had a bright future, people to look after and a business in the making. I could not do such a thing” Okello told court.
Okello has further filed a motion to dismiss the murder charges against him, contending that the prosecution failed to establish the requisite intent in the deaths of the four toddlers.
Okello has also denied recent police investigators testimony’s, who told court that he committed the acts to get wealth as false, stating that he was forced into making the statements.
Okello is charged with four counts of murder, contrary to section 171 and 172 of the penal code act, cap 128.
Prosecution told court that Okello on the second day of April this year at Ggaba Early Childhood Development centre, Ggaba trading zone, Ggaba parish, Makindye Division Kampala district, with malice aforethought unlawfully caused deaths of Eteku Gideon, Keisha Agenoroth, Sseruynage Ignatius, and Odeke Rayan.
