The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) was on Saturday ranked second in an international competition that was meant to award them with a new forensic workstation from Sumuri Forensics, based in the US.
DCI 's Digital Forensics Unit was the only department outside the US that made it to the top five finalist.
However, the department was beaten by Henry County Police Department of Georgia, USA, who got slightly more votes than DCI.
"@DCI Kenya and NPS in its entirety wishes to thank you most humbly for heeding to our call and voting for us overwhelmingly. The final online tally declares @HenryCoPolice as the winners with @DCI_Kenya closing in second in a very tight race that saw us leading the tally," DCI tweeted.
DCI had been nominated into the competition because of its high volume of cases, which were classified as "major, grave and significant".
The investigation body was also in need of a TALINO forensic workstation and an AccessData FTK software licence but did not have a budget for them.
"We feel so proud for having been nominated alongside four other departments all based in the US. This is a clear indication that our collective efforts aimed at ensuring public safety and security are bearing fruits," DCI added.