Written By | Peter Luzinda
One journalist, Ronald Mulwana, also known as PL Online blogger and affiliated with PL ON TV, was seriously injured after being hit and run over by the vehicle
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KAMPALA
Tension and panic erupted at the ongoing public trial of Christopher Okello Onyum when a Uganda Prisons vehicle transporting the suspect reportedly lost braking control and rammed into a group of journalists at the Ggaba Community Church Grounds in Makindye Division.
The incident occurred this morning as court proceedings for the man accused of murdering four toddlers were about to resume. According to eyewitnesses and video footage circulating online, the prison van suddenly reversed at speed and ploughed into members of the press who had gathered outside the temporary courtroom.
One journalist, Ronald Mulwana, also known as PL Online blogger and affiliated with PL ON TV, was seriously injured after being hit and run over by the vehicle. He was rushed to hospital for urgent medical attention.
Several other journalists narrowly escaped injury in the chaotic scene, which caused momentary panic among the large crowd that had turned up to follow the high-profile case.
Ronald Mulwana
The suspect, Christopher Okello Onyum, faces four counts of murder after the brutal killing of four children aged between 15 months and three years at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre on April 2, 2026. He pleaded not guilty when the trial opened on Monday in a rare mobile High Court session ordered to promote public transparency.
Onyum Okello
Police and prisons authorities have not yet issued an official statement on the cause of the accident, but preliminary reports suggest possible brake failure. A breakdown truck was later seen towing the vehicle away from the scene.
The trial, which is being held in a tent at the Ggaba Community Church Grounds to allow community access, continues amid heavy security.
This latest incident adds to the already charged atmosphere surrounding the case, which has gripped the nation since the shocking nursery school attack earlier this month.
More updates are expected as investigations into the vehicle accident proceed and the court resumes hearing witness testimonies.
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