crime 20 April 2026 Daily Monitor (Uganda)
CCTV Expert Tracks Suspect's Path Leading to Ggaba Kindergarten Murders
A police CCTV analyst detailed the movements of suspect Christopher Okello Onyum using footage from multiple Kampala locations before and after the April 2, 2026 killings of four toddlers at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre. The evidence, presented in court, links him to the scene via a rented Toyota RAV4 and a motorcycle. Source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/cctv-analyst-details-suspect-s-movements-before-ggaba-kindergarten-killings-5429830
In a High Court session presided over by Justice Alice Komuhangi Khaukha, Assistant Inspector Emmanuel Odongo, a CCTV specialist from the National Command and Control Centre, presented footage tracking Christopher Okello Onyum’s activities.
Odongo testified that on April 1, 2026, Okello drove a Toyota RAV4 from Kyanja through Kisaasi, Nakawa, New Vision Junction, Electoral Commission, Kibuli, Kabalagala, Kasanga, and Bunga to Ggaba Trading Centre. Cameras at Renewal SACCO captured him parking, locking the vehicle, and walking toward the kindergarten, returning after 11 minutes.
He then took a suspicious one-hour-40-minute stop in a dark, unmonitored spot between Ggaba and Bunga before heading back through Kabalagala to a Shell station on Jinja Road, where he interacted with staff and made calls.
On the day of the attack, April 2, CCTV showed Okello as a boda boda passenger with a backpack from Nanjala Road to Ggaba-Kawuku junction, dressed in identifiable clothing. Victims arrived at Wentz Medical Centre shortly after, with the first at 11:20am, followed by others minutes later.
Car rental director Hashim Juma confirmed Okello rented the RAV4, which broke down twice on Jinja Road, leading to parking at Shell. Juma later connected it to the crime via news reports.
The court admitted the CCTV report and footage as evidence, bolstering the prosecution’s case.
Source: Daily Monitor