I think since the gov't has a register of all the ID-holders/Passport holders [both locals and foreigners],what the Ministry of I&C should do is get all that data from Kajwang's Ministry,and put it in their system [the less sensitive personal info] and then share that through a secure network,with all the SIM cards vendors and service providers[Safcom,Zain,Yu,Orange etc]. If you got fake ID or impersonating,you get busted in an instant. It would be really hard to beat the system since the SIM card will be traceable to the vendor.

When i see my purple,you see it not.

Whats the purpose of all this,MK and the gava should have more on their plate. Maybe they should give some directive about the Hague,ICC etc. Not 'registration of simcards'

@wote,I have a pay as you go simcard and I am in the UK,nobody asked me for anything apart from the money for the sim.





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of what ? about what ? for what value? ( Quoting some former CJ)...

Feasible ? yes ! but six months to comply ? NO,That time is just too little. We will be forced to form long ques outside Safcom,Orange,Zain offices armed with ID and SIM card.

The president was just making a speech period! Pardon my ignorance,is there a law to enforce subscriber registration ?

I wonder what is the aim because a Zain Nigeria line works in Kenya ( I am sure) same for a Voda Tanzania line. Criminals would still use these options to communicate...

Even the electronic serial of a phone can be tampered with...


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i am in acountry where i had to produce a copy of passport and the original before i bought a sim card since it had to be registered.And you wont find vendors selling sim cards on the road.unlike kenya where we get the sim cards on the road..they should have done it this way from the word go...but since there is so much greed in kenya....we even have some being sold on the streets like its ngwachi

gladie

@zamali,

If we all could queue and vote in less than 10hrs....then to me it is very feasible to get SIM registrations completed in 6 months...read 120 working days..or..960 working hours.

For 20M users....this requires just under 21,000 registrations per hour nationwide.
And with with at least one registration center in each of the 210 constituencies,each center will need to turn just 100 registrations per hour.

'I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.'

...and the self-hate is really quite amusing. @Gladie (who doesn't sound very 'gladie' about Kenya) attributes the easy availability of the SIMs to greed. My good friend,when I was down in SA a few months ago,you could also get them off the street. Same with most countries in Europe.

This can be airtight if all operators agree for it to be so...For SIMS outside the country,they first have to register with the home network (Safcom,Zain,Yu,Orange) before it is allowed to make calls. And with operators who allow inbound roamers,it can be specified that for any roamer that intends to use his/her SIM in a partner network that allows roaming,the subscriber details can be captured and shared with the latter. Its all a matter of co-operation between operators...which is well....a long shot

here in france,you can't get any SIMS without documents showing your identity.Under 18's here use their parents documents to have one.i think it would be a good way to reduce crime in kenya.

jm

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