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MPs raise their pension cheque by 700 per cent

A motion by Parliament last year to pay one-term legislators who failed to retain their seats in 2017 General Election pushes retirement bill higher. [Photo: Courtesy]

Taxpayers will pay members of Parliament Sh1.7 billion between July 1, 2018 and June 2019.

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