[kictanet] Compliance in the Telco Sector - The case of MTN

[Ali Hussein]

Barrack

With due respect. I think in as much as the fine is outrageous, No leader
should have a Get-out-of-Jail card when it comes to compliance.

Ili iwe funzo  (So that it becomes a lesson to others)....

Maybe what we need is shock therapy to get us out of this malaise.

I wonder how many of the Telcos in Kenya are in compliance?


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On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Ali,
>
> The fine is simply outrageous. I wonder if the same would have been
> done if a Wanjiku (or Adenike) for that matter had been kidnapped.
> Security requires collaboration from different stakeholders. The same
> sim cards have put food on thousands of tables  despite the manner in
> which they were issued. I think the NCC should have benchmarked with
> the likes of Communications Authority of Kenya, who have achieved some
> success, albeit challenges in registering subscibers.
>
> Best Regards
>
>
>
> On 11/9/15, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> wrote:
> > Listers
> >
> > This is an interesting case of a regulator finally swinging into action
> > after a former finance minister was kidnapped and the authorities
> couldn’t
> > trace the sim cards used in the crime.
> >
> > When Nigeria failed to trace owners of SIM cards used by kidnappers of a
> > prominent politician in September, it was the final straw for the west
> > African country after what it called a string of violations by telecoms
> firm
> > MTN Group.
> >
> > Africa’s biggest mobile phone company was given a $5.2 billion penalty by
> > the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) last month after the South
> > African company failed to cut off users with unregistered SIM cards from
> its
> > network.
> >
> > Nigeria has been pushing industry players to verify the identity of their
> > subscribers on worries that unregistered SIM cards were being used for
> > criminal activity in a country facing Islamic militant group Boko Haram’s
> > insurgency.
> >
> >
> > Read on:-
> >
> >
> http://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/companies-and-deals/nigeria-kidnap-case-helped-to-trigger-fine-on-mtn/#.Vj5zGEBTFVY.linkedin
> > <
> http://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/companies-and-deals/nigeria-kidnap-case-helped-to-trigger-fine-on-mtn/#.Vj5zGEBTFVY.linkedin
> >
> >
> > Thanks & Regards
> >
> > Ali Hussein
> > ali at hussein.me.ke
> >
> > +254 713 601113
> > Twitter: @AliHKassim
> > Skype: Abu-Jomo
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> > Blog: www.alyhussein.com
> >
> >
>
>
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