NASA leaders. [Photo|Nasa coalition]Opposition leader Raila Odinga, has lamented after his colleagues, Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetangula, were briefly barred from leaving the country to Uganda, Thursday morning.Odinga said the duo were barred at JKIA, but were later allowed to travel, as Kalonzo was to preside at a graduation ceremony of the Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU) as the Chancellor.However, authorities disclosed that henceforth Musyoka and Odinga, would need clearance from State House before leaving the country, a move Odinga has protested."These attempts point to a rapid deterioration of the political situation in the country and the emergence of an all-out effort to create an atmosphere of fear. They point to a resurgence of the old order, with the Executive giving itself powers that do not exist in our laws," said Odinga.In a statement, signed by him, NASA condemned "this latest infringement on the freedoms and liberties and the harassment of its top leadership."He said the attempts to prohibit opposition leaders from leaving the country "and to control their movement through State House clearances are illegitimate maneuvers by an increasingly paranoid regime."NASA informed the ruling Jubilee administration that its leadership does not intend to seek any clearance from State House to travel abroad."The Kenyan Opposition must remain free as a legitimate part and parcel of the Kenyan political land scape and be allowed and enabled to pursue its mandate as an alternative government and voice of the people in line with the Constitution," noted Odinga.

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