Gichuru and Okemo challenge DPP Tobiko’s powers to order extradition to New Jersey over corruption and money-laundering

Chris Okemo and Samuel Gichuru at a Nairobi Law Court during the hearing of the Money Laundering and corruption charges

Two former senior Government officials have challenged the Director of Public Prosecutions' (DPP) powers to extradite them to New Jersey in the US to face corruption and money-laundering charges.

Through lawyer Fred Ngatia and Otachi B'womote, former Cabinet minister Chris Okemo and former Kenya Power Company Managing Director Samuel Gichuru argued that DPP Keriako Tobiko was not within the law in instituting extradition proceedings against them. They said the Executive, not the DPP, had powers to order extradition.