Friday, April 15, 2022 –The communication regulator has extended SIM Card registration period by another six months.
Citizens will have upto October 15 this year to comply with the directive that requires everyone to register/ update details with their respective service providers.
“It is the responsibility of the operators who will advise on whether to switch off the unregistered lines or probably give an extension and allow as many Kenyans as possible to register,” Chiloba had stated in his earlier press briefings.
In the new statement released by Communication Authority, Director General Ezra Chiloba, mentioned that when the new timeline elapses, those who will have not complied will be punished and their lines completely shut down.
He also said there will be no extension of the deadline once October 15 reaches adding that the move to extend was informed by the idea that few people had complied with the directive to-date.
This new date was arrived at after the CA held extensive consultations with the mobile network operators in the country among them, Aitel, Telkom and Safaricom.
“The requirement to update subscriber registration details is being done primarily to protect consumers of telecommunication services – who is you and me. Incidences of sim-boxing, financial fraud, kidnapping, terrorism, and related crimes prevail in situations of compromised sim card registration processes,” Chiloba remarked.
The CS boss argued that the directive to have subscribers’ details updated was in line with regulations to reduce fraud cases resulting from unregistered SIM Cards which have flooded the market.
