The SIM Card registration process itself should be digitized. I think it's trivial for the MNOs to work with a vendor to manufacture for them a mobile device for registration, which they can then give to M-Pesa/Airtel Money shops. The device could just take the required data, entered manually on the keypad, and the registrant's ID which is captured via a built-in scanner.

Kenya is a world leader in mobile money, but not in digitization of simple processes, it seems.

On 6 January 2017 at 15:47, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Thank you Grace.

“In case you lose of your SIM card, report to the nearest police station and demand an abstract."

 My question is: could this reporting process be digitalized? Probably, hundreds, if not thousands, of SIM cards are lost every day all over the country. The option of reporting lost SIM cards via sms or online would be very welcomed.

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Mildred Achoch.

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On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:38 PM, 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."

Full story here:

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Six-month-jail-term-for-Kenyans-whose-phones-are-used-in-crime/539546-3508084-k51vwl/index.html


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