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[00:01:33][crying] [crying] [crying] >> Good afternoon.

[00:02:27]Okay, you're going to learn a stage on this is the trial sentencing hearing.

[00:02:35]And this is a the final stage in our criminal trial where the presiding officer, judicial officer, imposes the punishment on a person convicted of a criminal case.

[00:02:49]It involves balancing the seriousness of the crime, the impact the crime the crime has had on the victims the impact on the community and the public at large including the impact on other stakeholders in the administration of justice.

[00:03:12]And this punishment is arrived at after hearing from the prosecution uh telling the court what has been the impact of this offense and also hearing from the accused person and Sorry, no longer accused person, convict.

[00:03:37]And his lawyers The sentencing is very important because this is where all of us give accountability as judicial officers we exercise this authority on behalf of the people and it is also derived from the people as per the constitution.

[00:04:00]So it is not until a crime has been punished that our people will not feel that there has been an accountability for the crime.

[00:04:13]So I am going to ask the prosecutor to address the court giving me indications on what he believes is a punishment that suits the crime or crime for which the convict has been convicted. And likewise, I will expect to hear from counsel for the convict on why they think that a court should be lenient to the accused person. And I will also hear from the accused person himself.

[00:06:19]Please someone can I place here from you?

[00:06:23]Thank you, my lord.

[00:06:32]My lord, we are well of pleased with the verdict of court on each of the four counts.

[00:06:52]My lord, as prosecution, we want to begin by thanking the court for the time patience and effort exhibited in the process.

[00:07:14]>> [clears throat] >> And my lord, as prosecutors, we are advocates for the people and I'm instructed to thank the court and the judicial administration for bringing justice closer to the people on whose behalf the courts derive judicial power, my lord.

[00:08:06]Under Article 126 My lord, the parents of the deceased victims are present in court as well as other relatives.

[00:09:09]And we want to thank them and the entire community for the resilience and cooperation throughout this justice-seeking process.

[00:09:41]My lord, under under Section 172 of the Penal Code a person who has been convicted of murder is liable to suffer death.

[00:10:20]My lord, uh I said in article in section 172 of the Penal Code Act a person who is convicted of the offense of murder is liable to suffer death.

[00:10:52]My lord, we are aware that Uganda no longer has a mandatory death penalty.

[00:11:13]But the death sentence, my lord, is still good law.

[00:11:26]And even though the courts are not mandatory are not mandated to pass a death sentence as a must, they can still do so in deserving cases.

[00:12:07]My lord, we are guided by the Constitution Sentencing Guidelines for the Courts of Judicature Practice Directions, which under paragraph 17 provide that the court may pass a sentence of death in exceptional circumstances in the rarest of the rare cases where alternative imprisonment for life or other custodial sentences are the most gravely inadequate.

[00:13:42]My lord, it is our considered prayer that the ends of justice in this matter will best be served if the highest sentence is passed.

[00:14:24]My lord, we are persuaded in our thinking that the most just being is God.

[00:14:40]And whereas it may be submitted for the convict on grounds of remorse accountability for criminal wrongs should never be compromised by belated pleas for lenience.

[00:15:45]My lord, even God who is the forgiver of all sins condemns crime and strongly advocates for punitive punishments for wrongdoers.

[00:16:23]The convict professes the Christian religion by his testimony.

[00:16:42]And his God in the sixth commandment says "You shall not murder."

[00:16:57]In Exodus 20:13.

[00:17:14]In the same way, my lord, it is commanded that the wages of sin is death.

[00:17:31]Romans 6:23.

[00:18:03]That's not the interpretation.

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[00:19:52]I tell you a motor cook or cooker a tower I don't know and the temple more people do I'm a taker I got to do that to Tonga or convert in surah I believe in a ramu the surah of mukaga in period of TV quick convert My Lord in a similar way Deuteronomy 19:21 offers similar guidance on persons that commit heinous crimes like the ones in issue.

[00:21:08]God himself commands and I quote show no pity life for life eye for eye tooth for tooth hand for hand foot for foot My Lord, persons that have no regards to human life should not deserve to preserve theirs.

[00:22:12]Whoever sheds human blood according to the Bible still by humans their blood shall be shed.

[00:22:37]For in the image of God has God made mankind.

[00:22:52]My Lord, that is what the God that the convict confesses says in Genesis 9 6 My Lord this case in this case the victims were attacked from one of the safest places in our communities.

[00:23:37]A daycare center is supposed to be a sanctuary.

[00:23:49]A place of laughter learning and absolute safety.

[00:24:06]To the contrary, my Lord the convict turned the center into a scene of a well-calculated massacre which caused an unimaginable terror in the community and the country at large.

[00:24:58]My Lord, the convict participated in an extremely violent crime.

[00:25:14]We submit Your Lordship that you are now enjoined with a noble duty to administer a sentence that is commensurate with the crime committed.

[00:25:48]A sentence that must serve an equivalent punishment that was occasioned.

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[00:26:59]Tell him to get in in a I'm going to go out of my room away since you are my baby girl.

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[00:29:23]in your room my song go in your room to go out of my in your room to go out of my room away my song go in your room to go out of my room away my song go in your room to go out of my room away my with in your room to go out of my room away my in your room to go out of my room away my song go in your room to go out of my room away my song go in your room in your room to go out of my room away my song >> And under paragraph 19 My lord, paragraph 19 provides for the sentencing ranges in capital offenses such as murder.

[00:30:17]It is provided that in the case of sentence of death the court shall considering the factors in paragraph 20 and 21 determine the sentence in accordance with the sentencing range.

[00:30:56]And my lord, under paragraph 20 court is required to consider the following factors.

[00:31:51]My lord, the the degree of injury or harm and in a nutshell, we submit that this particular crime exhibited the highest degree of cruelty.

[00:32:20]As already noted by court.

[00:32:30]The part of the body the part of the victim's body injured the degree of meticulous premeditation or planning.

[00:33:01]My lord, this particular crime was not committed instantly.

[00:33:17]It never rose in just a state of the moment.

[00:33:30]The convict thought through his actions to land them very well and intended every consequence of his actions.

[00:33:53]Please repeat that.

[00:33:56]My lord, the convict planned his actions and followed through to the detail.

[00:34:13]Hence, intending every consequence of his actions.

[00:34:26]My lord, a person that plans crime in that manner deserves no mercy.

[00:35:51]My lord, you are also required to consider the use and nature of weapon.

[00:36:02]We submit that a knife is one of the old-time most dangerous weapon in human history.

[00:36:30]And a person who applies the knife on another, my lord deserves no mercy.

[00:37:14]My lord the court should consider whether the offender deliberately targeted and caused death of a vulnerable victim.

[00:37:51]All the victims in this case, all the four victims in this case were children under 3 years.

[00:38:05]They were all defenseless minors the most innocent in our communities.

[00:39:05]My lord the court should also consider whether the offense was committed in the presence of another person like a child.

[00:39:17]Whether the offense was committed in the presence of another person like a child.

[00:39:31]My lord, the convict never minded the presence of other children and their caretakers.

[00:39:57]The children that witnessed the execution of the four will permanently live with that trauma all through their lives.

[00:40:28]And the same, my lord, applies to the caretakers.

[00:40:34]And without a doubt, the entire Gaba community.

[00:41:39]Your lordship result means that almost all aggravating factors under paragraph 19 are relevant 19 of that or 20? Uh my lord, 20.

[00:41:54]Under paragraph 20 are not in favor of the convict.

[00:42:06]And for that reason my lord it is our considered submission that there has never been a better case in our recent history to fit within the category of the rarest of the rare.

[00:42:54]An offense that is so aggravated in nature than the present case.

[00:43:59]My lord, besides what is set out in the guidelines we also implore our court to consider other factors that may justify the passing of a death sentence.

[00:44:33]My lord the convict is an able-bodied man.

[00:44:50]A man by whose age was in the position of a father figure to the victims.

[00:45:13]But my lord, he he chose to deploy his God-given abilities his energy his brain and his financial resources in the planning and execution of this crime that ended the chapter of four innocent souls.

[00:46:08]My lord, we are persuaded that a person of the convict's nature is too dangerous to society.

[00:46:30]Extremely dangerous that if he is not eliminated or at least permanently incapacitated he will still have the potential to hurt humanity.

[00:48:02]In addition, my lord the offense of murder is rampant in our country.

[00:48:16]And my lord, we have looked at the statistics that are publicly available in the annual crime reports published by the Uganda Police Force.

[00:48:57]My lord, I say publicly available because they are accessible on the police website www.upf.or g o.ug for everyone to check.

[00:49:19]But for purposes of our illustration, my lord, we are we have produced a copy an original copy of the 2025 published annual report uh crime annual report.

[00:49:38]And my lord, you would find that on page 30.

[00:49:54]If we are to sample out, my lord, how this particular crime has been progressing for the last 4 years, beginning with 2022, my lord.

[00:50:12]We lost 4,042.

[00:50:17]And these are the only only those that are reported.

[00:50:21]4,042 human beings.

[00:50:27]In 2023, my lord, 4,200 and 48 humans.

[00:50:38]In 2024, 4,329 human beings killed.

[00:50:52]And my lord, just last year, 2025, we lost 4,238 reported human beings killed.

[00:51:16]My lord, let me just conclude, then you My lord, figures don't lie.

[00:51:29]And to put this in context, your lordship, from the statistics of our recent census in this country that are also publically available on the website of the Uganda Bureau of Standards of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics website, an average village in Uganda is between 500 to 1,000 people.

[00:52:10]Now, if we are to take the figure that just happened last year, my lord, what this means is that every year, if we are to take the most densely populated village at the tail end of 1,000, my lord, that would mean that Uganda every year is losing >> [snorts] >> four villages are being extinguished at the hands of murderers every single year.

[00:52:49]My lord, this is at the high end.

[00:54:21]My lord, from where we stand, we believe that one of the possible factors for the rampancy in homicide cases is the lack of punitive sentences from courts of law.

[00:54:52]When sentences are light, there is an incentive to commit crime.

[00:55:12]My lord, I've been instructed by the DPP to inform court that the only way we can achieve the vision of our calling as per our mandate under Article 120, that is to achieve a crime-free Uganda.

[00:55:59]My lord, only deterrent sentences can help us achieve this vision on behalf of society.

[00:56:30]My lord, when crime is not punished, people feel it is safe to do wrong.

[00:56:47]My lord, those are not my words.

[00:56:54]It is That is what the Bible says in Ecclesiastes 8: 11.

[00:57:08]And I want to end with the remarks of his lordship Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes 8: 11.

[00:57:25]It says, "When a crime is not punished, people feel it is safe to do wrong."

[00:57:35]My lord, I want to end with the observations that were made by his lordship, Justice Mike Chibita.

[00:57:59]He made these remarks while sentencing a one Katoka Jubi on the 26th of July, 2012.

[00:58:19]My lord, Katoka Jubi was Criminal Session Case Number 28 of 2012.

[00:58:30]Case number?

[00:58:32]Criminal Session Case Number 28 of 2012.

[00:58:42]When he was passing a sentence for life, his lordship says, and I quote, "I want the children of Uganda to go to bed tonight happy in the knowledge that one of their major tormentors is safely locked up."

[00:59:28]My lord, in Katoka Jubi, the court The court sentenced him to life imprisonment for killing one baby.

[00:59:53]The convict before you killed not one, my lord, but four babies.

[01:00:09]We believe if this court is pleased to issue the highest sentence, our beloved children of this nation will be safer because their tormentor would have been permanently eliminated from circulation.

[01:01:15]My lord, if you are not persuaded to issue the highest sentence of death, at least be pleased to pass a sentence of life imprisonment.

[01:01:59]So, that the convict, my lord, stays behind the bars all his natural life.

[01:02:09]It is only then that our society will be safer without him.

[01:02:30]My lord, these these submissions that we have made has summed up and then, my lord, I will stand to be guided. We, through our division probation officer, he conducted and authored uh victim impact statements and community impact statements, which, my lord, in the interest of time and for the information of court, we have considered and summarized their opinions and they are well reflected in the submissions that we have just made now.

[01:03:44]So, my lord, we so pray and we thank you for the opportunity to submit, my lord.

[01:07:50]No, my lord, just to correct the slip of the tongue. My colleague tells me I submitted life imprisonment, but I meant life in prison.

[01:08:01]Imprisonment for life? Imprisonment for life. So, it's Yeah, most of life.

[01:08:15]Thank you so much, Mr. Muwanga. Let me hear from the probation officer before I turn to the other side. Yeah, please state your name, sir.

[01:08:25]Uh yes, my lord. My name is Peter Lwanga Mayanja.

[01:08:31]I am a probation and social welfare officer.

[01:08:35]I work with the Kampala Capital City Authority.

[01:08:40]And I sit at Makindye, sorry, March in the division.

[01:08:50]Okay, who did you contact in this case?

[01:08:54]I spoke with the parents of the deceased.

[01:09:01]I also spoke with the grandparents.

[01:09:06]I also spoke with the area chairpersons.

[01:09:18]I also spoke with the a few >> [clears throat] >> community members.

[01:09:31]>> Okay, those few community members were informed by what? How did you make the make the selection of who to ask?

[01:09:38]Uh the chairman took me around and informed me that uh these are our community members.

[01:09:48]And that uh you can also uh ask them about the incident.

[01:09:53]And how it traumatized them.

[01:10:04]But all of them my lord they were in great shock.

[01:10:24]And they all informed me that they've never seen anything like this in their community.

[01:10:42]And they requested for the highest punishment, my lord.

[01:11:05]Thank you very much. I would like to see the the parents of these children.

[01:11:12]I just confirm from you that uh what the prosecutor has told the court uh represents your feelings and your request to the court as well.

[01:11:30]Let me have Stella Apolo.

[01:11:36]Is she Is she here? No?

[01:11:39]My lord, she's not but her family is here. I think she could not take it.

[01:11:44]They had to take her to the Okay.

[01:11:48]Where is the father of Kisha here?

[01:11:54]Okay. Uh you heard what the prosecutor said. Does it represent your what you would like to communicate to the court?

[01:12:23]Okay.

[01:12:26]Madam, good evening.

[01:12:29]What's your name?

[01:12:32]You are a sister to Stella? Yes. Okay.

[01:12:36]You heard what the The one who followed me. Okay.

[01:12:39]Did the prosecutor uh ask uh on behalf of your families that lost their children that uh this court should give the highest sentence. Is that what you think should happen?

[01:12:56]Yes.

[01:12:58]Yes.

[01:12:59]Okay.

[01:13:01]Okay, let me hear from the the father of the late Kisha.

[01:13:12]Has the prosecutor represented you well, the prosecutor and the probation officer? Yes, yes. We are satisfied with that. Okay. Yes. And the father of the late Ignatius.

[01:13:25]Uh yes, my lord. We are satisfied with that. Okay. Yes. Where is the father of the late Ryan?

[01:13:31]Uh I think he has left. I don't know why.

[01:13:34]Okay.

[01:13:36]Okay, fine.

[01:13:37]You can go back and sit. Thank you.

[01:13:40]I will now turn to the accused before I go to your counsel.

[01:13:47]This is your time to speak to the court.

[01:13:51]>> [clears throat] >> Mr. Mr. Okello, uh you have crimes and those crimes according to the law, the maximum punishment for that crime is death.

[01:14:14]And the prosecutor prosecutor has asked the court to give give the maximum But before I pronounce myself to hear from you what you have favor why I should not give you the maximum sentence with death.

[01:15:12]You don't have to remove your mask here.

[01:15:13]Keep your mask on because we we are so many people we we may get some infections. So, keep your mask on.

[01:15:30]Why shouldn't I pass a death sentence?

[01:15:44]Um Are you going to tell me why I shouldn't pass a death sentence?

[01:16:14]No. No, my lord. I I I I I I I'm I'm not I'm not I'm not going to say anything today. You don't want to say anything?

[01:16:26]Do you want to say something?

[01:16:29]Um No. No, my lord. I >> even want to apologize to Uganda?

[01:17:05]Should I take it that you don't have anything to say?

[01:17:13]Yes. Yes, my lord. I don't have anything to say.

[01:17:27]Okay, then I can now hear from your lawyers. Tell me who is uh addressing the court?

[01:17:36]I'm my lord.

[01:17:52]Yes, Mr. Owor. Please proceed.

[01:17:55]My lord, we as the defense we applaud this honorable court for respecting and upholding the the convict's right to a full trial.

[01:18:06]We do appreciate and we appreciate the community for their patience and holding on to their patience until this time.

[01:18:45]Children are angels.

[01:18:47]And in the Bible Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me."

[01:19:18]Hello, people.

[01:19:21]I'm requested by the judge please please you just listen because the moment you begin laughing and talking, you are disrupting the the people here.

[01:19:36]Kindly, just listen.

[01:19:48]We pray that the souls of the children rest in peace and we speak healing to the community.

[01:20:17]As state brief advocates the constitution gives us the mandate to represent any person who has committed a capital offense and cannot afford a lawyer.

[01:20:51]And we do this such that the court reaches a verdict and justice prevails.

[01:22:36]My lord, in mitigation under paragraph 21 F of the sentencing guidelines the convict is a first offender with no previous conviction or no relevant or recent conviction.

[01:23:43]My lord the convict suffers from sickle cell.

[01:24:08]Under paragraph 21 O the convict can be still productive to the community.

[01:24:23]Seen him buy land in No Moya district to farm.

[01:24:51]Under paragraph 60 it's our duty to inform the court about the offender's social background.

[01:25:06]We shall give what we know.

[01:25:27]The convict comes from a broken, dysfunctional family.

[01:25:47]Even the children do not talk to each other. Their siblings do not talk to each other.

[01:26:05]This social vi- this social vi- eats deep in the family and broken and dysfunctional families always leads to broken and dysfunctional people.

[01:26:31]And as a society we need to work hard and see that this that every family that is broken and dysfunctional gets back together.

[01:26:44]But this can only be done if we come together as a society.

[01:27:02]Finally, my lord we pray that the period the convict has spent on remand to be taken into account.

[01:27:38]On the punishment, we trust that this honorable court shall come up with a fair and just sentence.

[01:27:54]We so pray.

[01:28:16]I think it's a capital I think it's a capital I want to Okay.

[01:28:57]I think Okay.

[01:30:25]>> Mr. Kyalo, before I finally pronounce my sentence, do you still insist you have nothing to tell this court?

[01:30:43]Do you still insist you have nothing to tell this court?

[01:31:01]I take it you have nothing? Yes, yes, my lord. I I I um I I don't have anything Okay, this is the sentence on the reasons for it.

[01:31:47]The The convict has been convicted of an offense or offenses in four counts.

[01:31:53]And each count carries a maximum death penalty.

[01:31:59]The death penalty is the maximum.

[01:32:05]We have the sentencing guidelines, which you had to the lawyers quoting.

[01:32:10]And this is the constitutional sentencing guidelines for courts of judicature, practice directions 2013.

[01:32:20]And these guidelines uh offer guidance on what uh offen- what sentences should be given for particular offenses.

[01:32:33]Uh for an offense of murder, these guidelines uh offer what is a starting point.

[01:32:42]Starting point is like the middle point.

[01:32:45]And the starting point for the offense of murder for which the convict has been convicted, the starting point is 35 years in prison or 35 years imprisonment.

[01:33:05]What did I say is the starting point?

[01:33:07]From the starting point, you can either go up to death or you can come down from that, depending on the aggravating factors and the mitigating factors.

[01:33:45]Which one is the maximum?

[01:33:47]The senior winning It's in by winning it which one is the maximum.

[01:34:34]From 35, you can either go up or come down, depending on what convinces you between the factors aggravating the sentence and those mitigating the sentence.

[01:35:11]Other Counsel for the state or the prosecutor has um submitted or provided what he believes are the factors that aggravate these offenses that would call for the maximum sentence, which is death.

[01:35:52]The summary of his submission was that the the offense was committed in a very cruel manner.

[01:36:02]The injuries that were or the children sustained were indeed grave.

[01:36:08]They were attacked from their safest place.

[01:36:13]And the person who attacked them was fit to be their father.

[01:36:20]And instead of protecting them, he murdered them in a very gruesome and brutal manner.

[01:37:02]He also stated that this offense um brought terror not only to the families of the victims, but to the community of Gaba and to the nation at large.

[01:37:26]According to him, this crime uh falls in the category that is known as or referred to as the rarest of the rare, thereby calling for the very maximum sentence, which is death.

[01:37:58]He gave statistics and said that uh murder murders or the killing of persons, unlawful killing of persons, is on the increase.

[01:38:12]And if it is not uh addressed, every year we are losing about four villages in such kind of crime.

[01:38:24]And he also said it is highly likely that because the crime is not punished as much, that is why uh it has gone on and become more prevalent.

[01:38:52]It should be dealt with.

[01:39:05]They have to be given a reason.

[01:39:10]If you want it to go in a mass of people, I want to >> Um The accused person in mitigation We the court asked him to say something in mitigation.

[01:39:31]But he chose to keep quiet.

[01:39:44]However, his lawyer, Miss Sarah Awelo, of course first brought condolences and a prayer for healing for this land because of what happened.

[01:40:00]And went ahead to mitigate on behalf of the convict.

[01:40:40]Under paragraph 17 of the guidelines, sentencing guidelines, it provides that the court may only pass a sentence of death in exceptional circumstances, in the rarest of the rare cases, where the alternative of imprisonment for life or other custodial sentence is demonstrably inadequate.

[01:41:33]And the rarest of the rare cases is um described under paragraph 18 to include cases where the court is satisfied that the commission of the offense was planned or meticulously premeditated and executed.

[01:42:09]Court will advise.

[01:42:11]Court will advise the court accordingly.

[01:42:24]I have taken into account the submissions made by Miss Sarah Awelo on behalf of the convict to the effect that the convict's family is a broken and dysfunctional and he's also a dysfunctional person.

[01:42:44]And I am supposed to weigh that against the aggravating factors which the prosecution raised.

[01:43:18]While uh passing the judgment, I emphasized how gruesome and brutal and heinous this offense was.

[01:43:32]And not only are the families of the deceased children still grieving, but the entire nation of Uganda still grieves at the loss of four innocent souls whose destinies were cut short by the barbaric actions of the convict on the 2nd day of April, 2026.

[01:44:35]I have considered the fact that the convict meticulously with a lot of sophistication planned and premeditated this offense.

[01:45:12]I have considered the fact that the convict attacked defenseless innocent children who as an who depend on adults for their protection and survival.

[01:45:53]I have also considered that he was he targeted them in their defenseless states and went ahead to slaughter them as animals.

[01:46:25]And I have also considered the fact that he attacked during broad daylight and had no fear, no shame, no consideration for human life.

[01:46:47]I have also considered that if he was not apprehended, who knows he would have killed more than four.

[01:47:04]And I also considered the fact that when he was committing this offense, other people were watching.

[01:47:14]The caretakers, the coordinator.

[01:47:16]Meanwhile, these are the people that had actually earlier on shown him kindness.

[01:47:38]By allowing to admit his alleged child when it was even he the age was beyond what they take at the center.

[01:47:58]I have also considered that the convict has not shown any remorse at all.

[01:48:16]Because I would at least have expected an apology from him to the families of of the babies who he hacked and and slaughtered like chicken and goats.

[01:48:41]I realize he does not even imagine how those families are living without their children.

[01:48:59]I'm sure he watched the mother of Gideon collapse or faint as she testified.

[01:49:07]He must have known that she's going through something that she may never heal from.

[01:49:15]But he chose not to apologize.

[01:49:32]I have considered what this offense the impact it has had to the families that lost their babies.

[01:49:41]The 2nd of April, 2026, to them was like any other day.

[01:49:48]They dropped their children to school only to find dead bodies.

[01:49:56]Families you know That pain, only God will help them to heal.

[01:50:23]I have considered uh the statement that the convict um comes from a dysfunctional family and it is broken.

[01:50:36]But I do not believe that should be reason for someone to find other people's children and then slaughters them must mercilessly.

[01:51:11]I have also considered his denial that uh they that he did not kill these children for human sacrifice.

[01:51:24]But I am inclined to believe that that was the reason.

[01:51:33]Because that is what he informed or he told Dr. Nuwamanya Emmanuel.

[01:51:59]Because I would have I would find no reason why someone would rise up or leave their homes early morning to come and slaughter children who are in their safe space at school.

[01:52:31]That is why I'm convinced that this was for ritual purposes.

[01:52:38]Blood sacrifice for young children.

[01:52:54]I agree and I I agree with um the prosecution that this case or these offenses fall in the rarest of the rare.

[01:53:16]Like the probation officer informed the court that when he made inquiries, they said this kind of thing had never happened.

[01:53:26]For four children to be killed just in a very short time by one person.

[01:53:50]Having said that the convict must be given a sentence that will not only speak to him but also to those friends of his whose identity he refuses to disclose.

[01:54:07]And any other person in this country who believes in sacrificing blood for wealth.

[01:54:41]Let them know that it is highly risky because they will be found like Mr. Okello was found and they will not escape the long arm of the law.

[01:55:02]In light of the above I have found no reason why I should not sentence Mr. Okello with the maximum sentence.

[01:55:24]I hereby sentence him to suffer death for the murder of Ijak Gideon in count one, Kansiime Aggrey Ronald Otim in count two, Serwanga Ignatius in count three, and Odokonyero in count four in a manner authorized by law.

[01:56:14]And Mr. Okello Mr. Okello, you have a right of appeal.

[01:56:19]You have a right of appeal against the conviction of this court, both the conviction and the sentence. This you should do within 14 days from today. You have a right of appeal to the court of appeal.

[01:56:42]And that is the order of the court.

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