The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji to proceed with the extradition of Former Energy Minister Chris Okemo and Kenya Power and Lighting and Company Managing Director Samuel Gichuru.
The two are wanted for the prosecution over theft of public funds and money laundering.
Attorney-General Kihara Kariuki and DPP Haji were locked in a legal spat over who is constitutionally mandated to initiate the extradition of graft suspects.
The extradition has been dragging in court for over a decade due to legal challenges.
The two are alleged to have defrauded the millions of shilling from Kenya Power between 1998 to 2002 and hid then proceeds in offshore accounts.
The AG had argued that the DPP lacked the right to initiate the extradition since the matter entails international relations that fall within the executive arm of government.
The extradition of the two have been looming since 2011.
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