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Friday, April 8, 2022 –The ongoing SIM Card registration/update drive is meant to weed fake SIM card lines from the market.
For Safaricom users, the process only requires you to visit any of their agent’s shop near you and you will be assisted in a process that only takes 3 minutes. There is not yet a clear online procedure for this though.
On the other hand, Airtel Kenya and Telkom users can easily complete this exercise at the comfort of their homes or by visiting respective shops for assistance.
For Airtel users, follow the following steps to get started.
- Go to this registration portal.
- Enter your Airtel Kenya number. You will receive an OTP that will then verify it.
- Enter your ID number.
- Upload the front side of your national ID.
- Enter the backside of your national ID.
- Hit SUBMIT, and that is it.
And for Telcom Users, you will need to follow the following steps.
- Go to this registration portal.
- Enter your Telkom Kenya number.
- Enter your ID number.
- Upload the front side of your national ID.
- Enter the backside of your national ID.
- Hit SUBMIT, and that is it.
According to the communication regulator CAK, Kenyans who will not have updated their cards by April 15 will be forced to pay sh 300,000 in fines or could be thrown into jail for a period of not less than six months, according to CA Director General Ezra Chiloba. Their lines will also be locked.
It has also been announced that all SIM Cards inaccurately registered will also be targeted in the countrywide cleanup exercise that started a couple of weeks ago.
Kenyans living overseas like Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries will have to wait alittle longer to get a clear way of completing this exercise.
