Raila Odinga leaving a KQ plane in the past. [Photo/NairobiWire]
National Super Alliance presidential candidate Raila Odinga has claimed that the government has put in place a new travel regulation against him and his running mate Kalonzo Musyoka.
Speaking on Thursday, Odinga said that airport authorities have been instructed to ensure that the two have clearance from State House before leaving Kenya.
"The (airport) authorities have disclosed that henceforth Hon. Musyoka and I, the NASA candidate, will need clearance from State House before leaving the country," Mr Odinga said in a statement to newsrooms.
His sentiments come moments after Kalonzo and Moses Wetangula left the country following a struggle with government officials.
The two are said to have been stalled at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) where the authorities allegedly tried to bar them from travelling.
"They (the orders) point to a resurgence of the old order, with the Executive giving itself powers that do not exist in our laws. NASA condemns this latest infringement on the freedoms and liberties and the harassment of its top leadership,"said Raila.
"The attempts to prohibit opposition leaders from leaving the country and to control their movement through State House clearances are illegitimate manoeuvres by an increasingly paranoid regime," Raila's statement read.
Kalonzo and Wetangula were finally allowed to leave the country for Uganda.