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Man sentenced to death for murder of toddlers at Ugandan nursery
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- Swaibu Ibrahim BBC Africa, Kampala Amon Ngabo / BBCOnyum holds Ugandan and US citizenship.
- While capital punishment has not been abolished in Uganda, it is rarely carried out, with the last recorded case taking place in 2005.
- Onyum, who holds both Ugandan and US citizenship, has 14 days to appeal against the sentence.
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Swaibu Ibrahim BBC Africa, Kampala Amon Ngabo / BBCOnyum holds Ugandan and US citizenship. A man has been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of four toddlers at a nursery school in Uganda's capital, Kampala, earlier this month.
On 2 April, Christopher Okello Onyum, 38, entered the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Program and fatally stabbed the infants - Eteku Gideon, Keisha Agenorwoth, Sseruyange Ignatius and Odeke Ryan - all aged between one and two years old.
While capital punishment has not been abolished in Uganda, it is rarely carried out, with the last recorded case taking place in 2005.
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