Two former senior Government officials are set to face money laundering charges in Jersey Island near Britain, after the Kenyan High Court failed to stop their extradition proceedings in the foreign territory.
Former Finance and Energy Minister Chris Okemo and former Kenya Power and Lighting Company Managing Director Samuel Gichuru, had moved to court seeking a stop to the proceedings, arguing that their rights were being violated.
However, Justice Isaac Lenoala ruled that the corruption case facing them in Jersey Island would continue citing: "This court finds the proceedings before the Magistrate's court are not a nullity and they are therefore declared valid."
Okemo and Gichuru are accused of laundering about Sh900 Million and using a company based in Jersey Island, to sanitise the proceeds accrued from their ventures.
According to documents from Jersey Island, the two were incriminated following alleged abuse of office, by using proxy companies to swindle public funds over 10 years ago.
The duo had filed an application in 2011 to bar the proceedings instituted by the Director of Public Prosecutions, claiming that the DPP had no juristiction to do so.
According to a report by the Standard, Lawyer Fred Ngatia indicated that the Attorney-General was the only person who had the powers to authorize foreign trial for the two.
The Attorney General in Jersey Island, Timothy Le Cocq, wrote a letter to Kenya in 2011 when the suspects were seeking their extradition.
