[kictanet] Your phone landing in the wrong hands could get you six months in jail

[Odhiambo Washington]

The SIM Card registration process itself should be digitized. I think it's
trivial for the MNOs to work with a vendor to manufacture for them a mobile
device for registration, which they can then give to M-Pesa/Airtel Money
shops. The device could just take the required data, entered manually on
the keypad, and the registrant's ID which is captured via a built-in
scanner.

Kenya is a world leader in mobile money, but not in digitization of simple
processes, it seems.

On 6 January 2017 at 15:47, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Thank you Grace.
>
> “In case you lose of your SIM card, report to the nearest police station
> and demand an abstract."
>
>  My question is: could this reporting process be digitalized? Probably,
> hundreds, if not thousands, of SIM cards are lost every day all over the
> country. The option of reporting lost SIM cards via sms or online would be
> very welcomed.
>
> Regards,
> Mildred Achoch.
>
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>
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Listers,
>>
>> " The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) Friday issued the stern
>> warning, saying every Kenyan is responsible for any use of their mobile
>> number in making calls, sending and receiving text messages as well as any
>> financial transactions.
>>
>> The regulator says all Kenyans must only use registered SIM cards to
>> transact business as they may be culpable in the event that their number is
>> used in the commission of a crime."
>>
>> Full story here:
>>
>> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Six-month-jail-term-for-
>> Kenyans-whose-phones-are-used-in-crime/539546-3508084-k51vwl/index.html
>>
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