EC chair meets presidential candidates' agents over rising campaign violence

EC chairperson Simon Byabakama held a five-hour closed-door meeting with presidential candidates' agents in Kampala on 3 December 2025, Daily Monitor reported. NUP's agent described the campaign as 'almost like a war zone'; Byabakama urged restraint, citing a recent death in Kayunga, and police defended their use of tear gas and dogs.