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Unregistered Sim Cards To Be Switched Off On Sunday Night
The Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) has publicly announced that it will not extend the deadline for the fourth time after it was extended on April 15, 2022.
CA was forced to extend registration process amid complaints from the public, a majority of who were yet to be registered.
The lines will no longer access crucial services such as M-Pesa or Airtel Money, send texts or make calls after deactivations.
“SIM-registration is a continuous process. Operators are not going to stop the exercise because of the 15th October deadline. We expect them to continue with the process,” CA Telecoms licensing and Compliance Assistant Director Liston Kirui said.
As of yesterday, Safaricom was leading with the number of registered clients with 38 million (91 per cent) followed by Airtel 13.4 million (48 per cent) and Telkom Kenya 1.8 million (40 percent).
As a result, CA said that a total of 500,000 lines had been deregistered between the months of January-June 2022.
Customers whose line will have been closed will have a window period of three-months to re-register their SIMs as long as they provide ownership proofs.
“After 15th October deadline, subscribers whose lines will have been deactivated will still have an opportunity to re-register. Of course, they will have more to do after being activated,” Kirui added.
