Kenya: Okemo, Gichuru Fail to Block Extradition

5 February 2013

A court has today directed that the extradition of former Nambale MP Chris Okemo and former Kenya Power and Lighting Manager Samuel Gichuru can go on.

A court in Jersey on April 20, 2011 had issued a warrant of arrest for the two who the Chief Justice of the Island of Jersey accused of defrauding KPlC and laundering proceeds in the UK. The two were to appear before the court on May 5, 2011 but failed to do so.

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