A Ugandan Member of Parliament, Gideon Onyango, has alleged that there is a massive registration of Ugandans to vote in the upcoming August polls in Kenya.
According to Onyango, who represents the Samia Bugwe North constituency, many Ugandans living in districts bordering Kenya are being registered to vote.
Onyango posed a question regarding the voter registration during a parliamentary sitting on Wednesday, February 15, asking if the Ugandan government was aware of the situation.
Enrollment of Ugandans into the Kenyan voter register is massive, this is happening in Busia. My question to the Prime Minister is, is our government aware?
However, Uganda's Prime Minister, Rukahana Rugunda, was stopped from answering the question by the parliament's deputy speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, who stated that the question touched on foreign relations.
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Claims of foreigners being registered to vote in the August election have been on the rise, with similar remarks made by opposition leader Raila Odinga.
In a related incident, Teso North MP Mary Emase was allegedly arrested in Uganda for registering Ugandans as voters.
Additionally, two Rwandans and one Burundian were arrested on Tuesday, February 14, for allegedly attempting to use forged documents to obtain IDs and register as voters in Elgeyo Marakwet.
The recovered account cited reporting by Tuko.
