NAIROBI — A Kenyan lawmaker was charged with assault on Friday after a female colleague told the police that he struck her for failing to give money to his constituency, Kenyan officials and local news reports said.

The man, Rashid Amin, a member of Parliament from Wajir East in northeast Kenya, was arrested late Thursday night after the accuser, Representative Fatuma Gedi, reported that she had been hit in the face so hard that she bled from the mouth, Kenya’s Daily Nation newspaper reported.

Ms. Gedi is a member of the budget and appropriation committee. The episode occurred in the parking lot of the Parliament buildings, she told the police.

In court on Friday in Milimani, Mr. Amin denied the charge and was freed after posting bail of 50,000 shillings, or about $487. He could not be reached for comment.