[kictanet] Did I hear Telco CEOs say Everyone is Registered?

[ICT Researcher]

At the press conference the CEOs lied shamelessly about NOT having unregistered users.

Read: http://www.nation.co.ke/news/SIM-cards-registration-security/-/1056/2026234/-/u58ibgz/-/index.html


Mobile phone firms on Wednesday blocked unregistered SIM cards from their networks following an order by President Kenyatta.
The President on Wednesday ordered immediate mop-up of all unregistered SIM cards to prevent their use by criminals.


“Move with speed in ensuring that the unregistered SIM cards are disabled 
completely. We do not want unscrupulous people to use them in 
perpetrating criminal activities,” he said during a meeting with mobile 
phone company bosses at State House, Nairobi.


TRIED TO MAKE CALLS


Numerous numbers from the Safaricom, Airtel, Orange and yu networks were disconnected on Wednesday morning.


Safaricom switched off its network on Tuesday between 11pm and midnight. 


Subscribers who tried to make calls at the time received a message which said: “We 
cannot complete your request as your phone is not registered.” 


Subscribers called the Nation newsroom to complain that they had been switched off.


“My yu Sim card was working perfectly until yesterday morning when it 
suddenly lost network. It was registered by the street vendor who sold 
it to me,” Mr Anthony Mugo said.


Mr Mikah Kiptoo, who 
had an Orange line, said: “I have been browsing on my Orange line since 
7am until around 10:30am when my line lost network. I called customer 
care and was told to visit the nearest Orange agent. My line was 
switched off without notification.”


Safaricom director 
of corporate affairs, Mr Nzioka Waita, said that he had not received any complaints of blocked SIM cards. He maintained that the company had no 
unregistered SIM cards accessing its network. 


yuMobile chief executive Madhur Taneja told the Nation on phone that the SIM 
disconnection was part of a regular process conducted among customers 
whose registration details are not convincing.


“If a 
customer’s documentation is not complete, it is nothing new or 
different, their lines will automatically be disconnected. We advised 
the customers to resubmit their details. They could have been 100 or 
even 1,000 customers,” Mr Taneja said.


Airtel did not respond to phone calls from the Nation.


Communications Commission of Kenya director-general Francis Wangusi warned at a press 
briefing at the Hotel InterContinental that it would suspend the 
licences of mobile phone firms if all unregistered SIM cards on their 
networks were not terminated. The companies were also cautioned to 
provide updated call records to the regulator.
As a lesson to others, the government should seriously consider revoking their work permits for breaking Kenyan law 





On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 11:43 PM, Bitange Ndemo <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
 
Mark,
We all have the responsibility to look after one another.  If you see
someone selling fake IDs please report.  If someone is selling to you a
sim without registering you, refuse and ask them to follow the law.  This
is what happens in other countries.  Enforcement of the law is a
collective responsibility.  If you see someone pouring cyanide to the
water we drink, do you just walk away that it is not your responsibility?


Ndemo.






> @Dr. Ndemo are we now saying that this is also the citizens fault? If I
> can
> buy a SIM card without registering, I will. The hustle of registering is a
> waste of my time since it is of no benefit to me. The information is
> valuable to the government and so the establishment should be at the fore
> front of ensuring it is collected correctly.
>
> That there are fake IDs being made in river road is also the authorities
> problem. I Imagine they are always better informed than the regular
> mwananchi what with their network of informants and NIS agents.
>
> Discipline comes from the top.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Bernard Kioko [Bernsoft Group] <
> bkioko at bernsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> Well said Daktari,
>>
>> My mind goes wild everytime I imagine 100% compliance in this
>> registration.
>> The m-commerce and e-commerce opportunities that lie hidden by this.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kictanet
>> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=bernsoft.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Bitange Ndemo
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 7:52 PM
>> To: bkioko at bernsoft.com
>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Did I hear Telco CEOs say Everyone is
>> Registered?
>>
>> Edith,
>> We are just quarrelsome people.  We lack the discipline to: take our
>> responsibilities seriously, obey the law, be part of the solution and
>> above
>> all be our brother's keepers.  The Ministry did their best in pushing
>> for
>> the registration.  It was even forced to change the law in order to do
>> it
>> legally.  It is for us and operators to follow the law.
>>
>> As for what the registration will do to evade terrorists, let us do our
>> part
>> in securing our people.  Traceability is critical in any security
>> arrangement.
>>
>>
>> Ndemo.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > Listers,
>> >
>> > At the press conference yesterday, did the Teleco CEOs say that
>> > everyone is registered? A number of people complaining that their
>> > phones were switched off last night and they got automated messages
>> > indicating that their phones were not registered.
>> >
>> > We need to be honest and run this industry professionally! Have we
>> > lost direction?
>> >
>> > Edith
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