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CORD MPs stage walkout, set to challenge 10 laws in court

Opposition MPs walked out of the National Assembly yesterday to protest a presidential veto of tax legislation, offering a glimpse into the bitter legal tussle expected to begin today.

The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) plans to move to the constitutional court to challenge 10 laws that were amended through presidential fiat. The gist of the legal suit is that President Uhuru Kenyatta reviewed some provisions in the laws passed by MPs through either amendments CORD moves to court over Uhuru vetoes insertion of entirely new clauses that substantially altered the laws.

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