Teso South MP Mary Emaase has refuted claims that she was involved in importing foreigners from Uganda to register as voters in the ongoing mass voter registration.
Speaking on Tuesday while contributing during a parliamentary session, Emaase accused social media users of spreading the information which she termed as "false" and "mere propaganda."
“What you have heard on social media is mere propaganda,” she said.
However, Ugandan authorities said the legislator escaped arrest on Monday, moments after she was allegedly cornered enlisting Ugandans as voters.
“You can’t cross from Kenya to Uganda purposely to campaign and recruit voters in a foreign country, which is illegal," the Nation quoted Bukedi regional police spokesperson Sowali Kamulya.
“Police got information that she was campaigning in that area but as soon as she sighted them, she managed to escape back to Kenya but police managed to arrest her bodyguard,” he added.