On 6 January 2017 at 13:38, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Listers,
" The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) Friday issued the stern warning, saying every Kenyan is responsible for any use of their mobile number in making calls, sending and receiving text messages as well as any financial transactions.
==> The regulator says all Kenyans must only use registered SIM cards to transact business as they may be culpable in the event that their number is used in the commission of a crime." That statement also means that the Regulator is not able to block unregistered numbers from being used. The MNOs give the SIM cards to their distributors (there must be a name) who further give them to other sub distributors until they reach 'machiani' - at which point you can just buy a SIM card without any questions being asked. The MNOs should be fined 100,000 for each unregistered SIM Card that is used on their network. That money can also go to USF and accumulate interest while we procrastinate on the decisions on where/when the fund can be used.