The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) on Tuesday provided a preliminary report into the death of 39 Kenyans during the anti-government demonstrations.
According to IPOA, several cases of police brutality were under investigation including those meted out to the likes of Rex Masai, Evans Kiratu and the 12-year-old boy from Rongai.
Other cases under probe include the alleged shooting of six protestors outside the parliament building and those shot in the Githurai area of Nairobi on the night of June 25.
The Authority also disclosed it was investigating serious injuries caused to protestors and the arbitrary arrests and detaining of persons by Police beyond the 24-hour rule.
Police were also put on notice over their standards in handling the protestors who stormed critical government and private infrastructures such as the parliament, Supreme Court building, City Hall and Uganda House.
"So far, the Authority is investigating 39 deaths, 150 serious injuries and 7 abductions across the country," IPOA noted in a statement.
"This follows a rigorous monitoring exercise on how the police conducted themselves while undertaking public order management during the protests."
IPOA further revealed that it would oversee the conduct of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in handling the protestors following their deployment in the 47 counties.
"The Authority is seized of the KDF deployment in support of the NPS in line with Article 241(3)(b) of COK and Section 33, 34, 35, of the KDF Act," the Authority affirmed.
In a bid to hasten the probe into police misconduct, IPOA called on Kenyans who could have witnessed or obtained footage of police shootings to submit them to the Authority.
The Authority went ahead to assure Kenyans of utmost confidentiality for any material and information they would share with it about the shooting incidents.
The arrests and arraignment in the Court of suspect police officers are subject to the conclusion of investigations and forwarding of the Authority's recommendations to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
