David O Gesicho - the petitioner, wants the August house to establish a joint parliamentary select committee to investigate the rising occurrences of police brutality and mob justice in the country.
Ethuro said the Senate's security committee will also table its report over the same matter in two months. In his petition, Gesicho stated that incidences of mob justice have been on the rise at an alarming rate.
He argues that few or no reports of arrests and trial of the perpetrators of the offense have been reported.
Gesicho also stated that incidences of police brutality and extra judicial killings have been frequently reported.
In February this year, the Independent Medico Legal Unit said that about 126 people were killed by police in 2015 alone. Imlu’s executive director Peter Kiama said 97 out of the 126 were summarily executed. He also said that 20 people were shot dead as officers tried to protect their lives while nine others were shot under unclear circumstances.
Kiama also said that Nairobi is tops with 61 executions, followed by Nakuru with seven.
Isiolo recorded six, Kirinyaga (5); Turkana, Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi and Homa Bay had four each while Narok and Nyeri had three.
The highest number of killings were recorded in January — 23. “It is my prayer that Parliament establishes a joint select committee to investigate the matter and make appropriate recommendations to address the it," Gesicho said.
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