The Supreme Court has allowed the Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji to proceed with the extradition process of Chris Okemo and Samuel Gichuru over corruption charges.
On Friday, November 5, the court gave the green light to have the Former President Daniel Moi's minister, Okemo, and Ex-Kenya power, Gichuru, handed over to Jersey Island authorities over money laundering charges.
Okemo and Gichuru were accused of theft and money laundering activities worth millions during their tenure at the public offices.
File image of Ex-minister Chris Okemo (r) and Ex-Kenya Power Boss Samuel Gichuru(l) during a court petition.
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They have been fighting the process of having them tried and charged at Jersey Island, United Kingdom, since 2011.
It is a sigh of relief for Noordin Haji after ten years since the process began at the Magistrate Court, moving to the High Court, Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court.
Haji had moved to the Supreme Court following the nullification of the extradition process by the Court of Appeal.
The accusation was that they had wired Ksh1billion to offshore accounts in the Jersey Islands, which they had received from bribes.
Foreign companies would bribe them so as to receive lucrative tenders while using the foreign contracts to deposit the amount in the offshore account.
It was the messy divorce court proceedings of Gichuru and his former late wife that unearthed the scheme to the public.
Okemo and Gichuru face up to 14-year imprisonment if found guilty by the Jersey authorities.
File image of DPP Noordin Haji
