DPP Noordin Haji’s Quest to Make Okemo and Gichuru Pay For Their Sins Now Takes Him to New Jersey

Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji is set to visit Jersey Island to discuss ways of bypassing legal hurdles in extradition of former Finance Minister Chris Okemo and ex-Kenya Power boss Samuel Gichuru over alleged money laundering charges.

Previous efforts to have two deported to Jersey over corruption allegations and money laundering charges had previously hit a dead-end owing to legal constraints.

A war of supremacy between former Attorney General Githu Muigai and former DPP Keriako Tobiko is cited as having frustrated their extradition.

Okemo and Gichuru at the time moved to court to challenge their extradition but lost.

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The petition to the High Court was protesting proceedings, which were to determine whether they would face trial in Jersey over a Sh900 million fraud.

But Justice Isaac Lenaola ruled that the Tobiko had powers to initiate the extradition proceedings against the two.

The duo then moved to the Appellate and later to Supreme Court, where the matter is set to be heard and determined.

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It is on that premise that Haji will travel to Jersey to seek ways to bring the two to book.

“I will travel to Jersey in two weeks to discuss alternatives to try the two, including having Jersey officials coming to Kenya,” Said Haji.

Well, it remains to be seen if Haji will soon make Okemo and Gichuru pay for their sins.

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