-Kenya's police force has been ranked third worst in the world in a research by World Internal Security and Police Index (WISPI)

- This comes days after Inspector General of police angered many over the excessive force used on University of Nairobi students and NASA protesters

Kenya police service was ranked third worst in the world according to a research by World Internal Security and Police Index (WISPI).

The International Police Science Association (IPSA) and the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) report ranked Nigeria at the bottom followed by Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with Uganda as the fourth worst.

“WISPI measures the ability of the police and other security providers to address internal security issues in 127 countries, across four domains, using sixteen indicators,” authors of the report stated. The four domains are, capacity, process, legitimacy and outcomes.

WISPI seeks to measure security provider performance across the four domains of internal security: capacity, process, legitimacy and outcomes.

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Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinett during a presser. Photo: Nation

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This comes days after TUKO.co.ke reported police boss Joseph Boinett had a hard time explaining the recent police brutality toward University of Nairobi students and on NASA supporters during their ant-IEBC demonstrations

The Inspector General of Police left Kenyans perplexed during a live TV interview in which he justified use of force on University of Nairobi students.

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The IG further emphasized that police were only carrying out their constitutional mandate of maintaining law and order.

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