Good Move.
I dont know exactly what MK directed but its logical for the Min. of Info. & Comm to direct that all service providers build databases of all simcard holders complete with their Phone IMEIs after which every change of phone,the IMEI will be automatically changed (indicated). Will also curb mobile phone theft. The ministry should make it mandatory that all phones must have the IMEI,knowing that an unblocked phone may lose one.
This database should be accessible by law enforcers subject to privacy requirement. In Kenya,we don't have any laws on privacy do we? like the data protection Act e.t.c.
The next wave of action should target the long distance buses. Every passengers booking a ticket must provide ID or passport. I sometimes get dismayed when I read things like ' the thugs,posing as passengers boaded the bus at KEricho and attached the passengers in Naivasha' How can something like this happen to the same bus company,say Coast,or Akamba twice?. And in the absence of an authentic passenger manifest,how does one prove that he or she was on board in the event of an accident requiring compensation.
Everyday!