IG Joseph Boinnet has refuted claims by social media users that GSU officers are being sent to Nyanza to vote.
Social media users caused a stir last week with claims that officers are being sent to vote, stuff ballots and kill protesters in Nyanza and Western.
A video emerged showing some 14 trucks with officers clad in anti-riot gear on a highway heading to an unspecified location.
Users who posted the one-minute video claimed the trucks were heading to Western and Nyanza provinces ahead of the October 26 repeat election.
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"These are dangerous lies aimed at causing disaffection and ill will towards the police," Boinnet said through police spokesman George Kinoti on Saturday.
Boinnet said the
trucks seen are those of recruits going for field training in Kajiado.
"We caution social media users or any other person to desist from spreading falsehoods and unsubstantiated information," he said.
NASA leader Raila Odinga has refused to participate in the poll arguing that reforms are needed first to prevent fraud.
Uncertainty over whether Raila will participate in the election and concerns that it may not proceed peacefully have left Kenya mired in political crisis.
On Friday, Siaya Senator James Orengo claimed that 300
military officers have been deployed to Kisumu by the Jubilee administration to supervise the upcoming election.
He claimed reliable sources have said the officers are from Lanet barracks.
“You [President Uhuru Kenyatta] cannot militarise elections. It’s about the ballot, not the bullet. Any election in which the military participates is not an election,” Orengo said in Bondo.
Police have come under heavy criticism for using force against protesters during anti-IEBC demonstrations and shortly after results were announced from the nullified August 8 general election.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reported that 33 people were killed by police, but the police say four have died.
While campaigning for Jubilee during the week, Acting Interior CS Fred Matiang'i has warned against participating in demonstrations during the Thursday repeat poll.