GGABA, KAMPALA: 21 April 2026— Evidence in the ongoing High Court mobile trial in Ggaba has placed the prime suspect, Christopher Okello Onyum, at the scene of the brutal daycare killings through analysis of his phone call data records.
Detective Inspector of Police Aggrey Mpamiizo told court that telecom data linked to Okello’s known phone number traced his movements from Kyanja to Ggaba on the eve and day of the alleged attack that left four toddlers dead at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre.
“I was looking at the movement pattern, and I was able to establish that number 0769582620 moved from Kyanja, where he received an SMS from MTN Mobile Money at 03:39 hours, and moved to the next location, Eaton Clock Tower at 08:21 hours,” Mpamiizo testified.
He added that the same number was later detected in Bunga between 08:44am and 08:59am before connecting to the MTN mast at Ggaba Beach from 11:07am to 11:38am — a mast that also serves the daycare centre where the killings occurred.
The court heard that at 11:25am, the same phone number made an emergency call to police lasting 39 seconds and that it was the very last phone call made on that fateful day by Okello.
According to the prosecution, the call was made shortly after the suspect allegedly committed the murders.
Further analysis of call data showed that on the eve of the attack, Okello received two calls while in Kyanja from individuals identified as Billy Namara and Juma Hashim.
Mpamiizo also presented financial records indicating that Okello had significant sums of money in both local and foreign currency accounts prior to the incident.
He told court that one dollar account initially held $3,900, while another had $2,100. His Uganda shilling account contained approximately Shs20 million.
However, by March 17, 2026, the accounts had largely been depleted, with the dollar accounts drained and the shilling account left with only about Shs100,000.
“The majority of the funds came through cash deposits totaling Shs16 million, while about Shs4 million was deposited via mobile money,” the witness said.
Prosecution maintains that the financial and telecom data form part of a broader chain of circumstantial evidence linking Okello to the crime.
Okello, who had moved to Kyanja less than a month before the incident, is facing four counts of murder. He has denied the charges. The hearing resumes tomorrow Wednesday before Justice Alice Komuhangi Khaukha.
