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Uganda Holds First Mobile Court Trial in Tent for Child-Killing Suspect
Hundreds attended the first test of the country’s controversial mobile court system, which critics say could undermine a fair trial.
- On Monday, the trial of Christopher Okello Onyum began in a tent near the crime scene, where he pleaded not guilty to four counts of murder in a nursery school attack.
- Disguised as a parent, the attacker entered the Gaba Early Childhood Development Program in Kampala on April 2, locked the gate, and attacked the children inside.
- President Yoweri Museveni ordered the public mobile court session, marking the first test of new procedures formally published in March to bring justice closer to the people.
- The Uganda Law Society criticized the directive as executive interference, calling the event a "judicial lynching rally" that undermines the suspect's right to a fair trial.
- Although the judiciary defended the approach as innovative, Onyum could face the death penalty if convicted, while the motive for the attack remains unclear in this East African nation.
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The trial of a Ugandan man accused of killing four children began on Monday in a tent not far from where the crime was committed, after the president ordered a “mobile court” session that could be witnessed by many locals.
Uganda debuts mobile court for man accused of killing 4 kids
The trial of a Ugandan man accused of killing four children began on Monday in a tent not far from where the crime was committed, after the president ordered a “mobile court” session that could be witnessed by many locals
Ugandan man goes on trial over kindergarten stabbings
A Ugandan man accused of stabbing four young children to death at a kindergarten in an attack that horrified the country pleaded not guilty to murder, as his trial began on Monday. Christopher Okello Onyum (2nd L), suspected in the killing of four toddlers at a daycare in Ggaba, attends his trial at the Ggaba Community Church Grounds in Kampala on April 13, 2026. A man has admitted stabbing four young children to death at a kindergarten in Ugand…
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