The National Assembly now faces the uphill task of raising a super majority to overturn President Uhuru Kenyatta's memorandum that rejected an enhancement of the former MPs' monthly pension following the recommendations of its committee.
At least a two-thirds majority or 233 of the 349 MPs in the National Assembly are required to veto President Kenyatta's memorandum, a feat that is yet to be achieved by the House since the promulgation of the 2010 constitution.
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