Opposition chief Raila Odinga has broken his silence over how he survived arrest following his inauguration as the 'people's president' on January 30.
Raila said President Uhuru Kenyatta's close allies were so determined to have him arrested that Uhuru had to fall into their trap and agreed to arrest and charge him for treason.
"I came to learn that Uhuru had planned to arrest me," he said on Tuesday in Kitui when he officially launched a hotel owned by political science lecturer Prof Makau Mutua.
"The President only revised the decision after analysing the impact of my arrest."
Raila was sworn in as the 'people's president' on January 30 at the historic Uhuru Park grounds in Nairobi against the Jubilee administration's wishes.
Uhuru who was at Adis Ababa Ethiopia for an African Union meeting then ordered all media houses not to broadcast the event which was the first of its kind since Kenya attained independence in 1963.
Raila said after the swearing in, some of his supporters had suggested that he goes straight to State House to take over the country's leadership but he declined the demand.
The swearing in was boycotted by other NASA co-principals Musalia Mudavadi, Kalonzo Musyoka, and Moses Wetangula.