Lucas Barasa
10 June 2011
Nairobi — Kenya’s Attorney-General Amos Wako on Friday confirmed receiving files from authorities in Jersey on the warrants of arrest against former top government officials Chris Okemo and Samuel Gichuru.
Mr Wako said he had received ‘voluminous documents’ from Jersey and asked Chief Public Prosecutor Keriako Tobiko to constitute a team to attend to them.
He described the files as complex and voluminous, and directed Mr Tobiko to “immediately constitute a high level team, if he has not done so already, to study and analyse the supporting documentation and deal with the matter soonest”.
Mr Okemo, who is currently the member of parliament for Nambale, served the Moi regime as a Cabinet minister in the energy and finance portfolios. Mr Gichuru was a long time chief executive of the state electricity utility firm Kenya Power and Lighting Company.
Authorities in Jersey have accused them of receiving bribes to award contracts and wants them extradited to the island to face justice.
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AG Gets Files Against Okemo And Gichuru