news 23 August 2026 Daily Monitor (Uganda)
Ggaba Daycare Center Remains Closed Four Months After Tragic Murders
The Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program facility has been deserted since a fatal stabbing incident in April, with plans underway to relocate and reopen next year. Security guards and church officials confirmed the continued closure. Source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/four-months-after-daycare-murders-ggaba-facility-remains-ghost-town-ahead-of-planned-relocation-5568152
Four months have passed since a horrific stabbing incident claimed the lives of four young children at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program in Kampala. The daycare facility, located in Makindye Division, remains a ghost town, its gates locked and playground equipment standing idle and rusty.
During a visit on August 20, the premises were empty, devoid of the usual sounds of children playing and caregivers. Security personnel from the affiliated Ggaba Community Church, which previously managed the daycare, confirmed its continued closure. “Nothing is happening here at the moment. The daycare center is still closed,” a guard stated.
While the daycare remains shuttered, the neighboring primary school affiliated with the church has seen students heading home for holidays. Sources close to the institution indicate that administrators are actively planning for the daycare’s revival.
A source, speaking anonymously, revealed that a new location has been secured within the local area, with operations expected to resume next year. “Preparations are being made with a new place secured in the locality for when the program formally resumes next year,” the source explained. “Some of the children who were enrolled before the tragedy attend the temporary facility on select days, but administrators are not taking in new admissions for now.”
Ms. Jacqueline Sewava, public relations officer for Ggaba Community Church, assured that the public would be officially notified upon the daycare’s reopening. The tragic events of April 2, 2026, which saw the deaths of two-year-olds Gideon Eteku, Keisha Agenrwoth Otim, and Ryan Odeke, and three-year-old Ignatius Sseruyange, led to the conviction of Christopher Okello Onyum, 39, who was sentenced to death. Mr. Onyum has since filed an appeal against his conviction and sentence.