Some human rights activists have asked Parliament to amend the law to allow the Independent Policing Oversight Authority to expand its mandate to other uniformed security agencies.
Currently, IPOA oversights the police only.
The groups now want the oversight agency to also superintend the military, the Kenya Forest Service and the Kenya Wildlife Service.
Speaking at a press conference in Kiambu, the grassroots human rights activists said the violation of the rights of civilians is not violated by the police only.
The group comprises 29 organisations that deal with human rights issues.
“We demand that Parliament expands the mandate of IPOA to include oversight over all uniformed security organs in the country,” Mathare Social Justice Centre convener Waceke Gachihi said.
“It should also ensure that IPOA has enough resources to be devolved to all 47 counties.”
The activists want Parliament to increase IPOA's budget to enable it open offices in every county.
The groups spoke a day after six police officers were charged with the killing of two brothers in Embu.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i had earlier pledged justice for the two when he met with their father.
The autopsy report showed their heads bore signs of blunt force trauma
The lobby groups claimed that in twelve days ten Kenyans lost their lives to police brutality.
The groups also asked Chief Justice Martha Koome to set up a special court that will be hearing police brutality cases.
The lobby groups also called on Matiang'i to ensure excessive force is not used on Kenyans when enforcing curfew restrictions.
They want the government to remove the curfew saying its’ enforcement is costing people’s lives.
“Corona can be transmitted at night as well as during the day,” Naila Abdalla of Sisters for Justice said.
Edited by Kiilu Damaris