Candidates' agents in Sembabule accuse soldiers of favouring a candidate and scaring voters

During the Sembabule Town Council chairperson election, agents of NRM candidate Monica Ndibarekera accused the military of favouring independent candidate Jackson Murungi Bashira, with one agent saying security operatives were telling people whom to vote for. NUP candidate George William Kangave said his agents had been threatened and that soldiers in cars with concealed number plates were scaring voters and opposition agents. The article reports a heavy security presence; no response from the army is given.