[kictanet] KICTANet Digest, Vol 170, Issue 17

Wed Apr 13 12:27:14 EAT 2022

Yes. My Safaricom line.

Friday - status ok
Yesterday - I need to visit a Safaricom agent to update
Today - I visit an agent. They say it costs 100 to update. I walk away.

On the photos. Yes I suspect that was Safaricom taking the opportunity, in
light of their spinning off MPESA.

On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 7:08 PM Mutemi wa Kiama via KICTANet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Some subscribers are getting a secondary message from Safaricom apparently
> on need to upgrade their Sim cards:
> https://twitter.com/Safaricom_Care/status/1513856623734935556
>
> Discussion on Twirra:
> https://twitter.com/OliverMathenge/status/1513812903715082242?s=20&t=QO6g_4JucF4kYMq4tZkq4Q
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> On Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 15:30 Adrian Teri via KICTANet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Seems like #Saf suffers from the same ailments like GOK in communicating
>> effectively? Or were they taking advantage of the situation as citizens
>> fear gov't? The Chief of Risk Management & Security at #Saf points to
>> enhancing security but It's apparent even from MJ's interview with #KTNNews
>> that m-pesa is seeking to transition to be a fully fledged bank.
>>
>>
>> https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/videos/sim-card-registration-why-safaricom-is-taking-your-photos-3778858
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adrian Teri
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Adrian Teri <adriateri at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Kenya's premier ICT Policy engagement platform" <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>> Cc:
>>> Bcc:
>>> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 13:07:04 +0300
>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] KICTANet Digest, Vol 170, Issue 11
>>> Good day all,
>>>
>>> There is something remiss and I see it unravelling rather quickly and
>>> badly. The CA is a gov't commission, essentially a creature of GoK. What's
>>> the purpose of Huduma namba while one still pays a facilitation fee of
>>> 1,050/= for numerous services in ecitizen only for them to collect the same
>>> data they did for the mass registration of huduma namba(fingerprints, photo
>>> and I even think an e signature was part of it too)? A Déjà vu to the
>>> Huduma Namba exercise where the gov't was simply unable to communicate that
>>> were upgrading our IDs from biographic to biometrics?
>>>
>>> Why waste productive capacity and man hours to duplicate data multiple
>>> times? Are your fingerprints & birth certificate changing? And even in
>>> aspects that do like your area of residence, contact details, marital
>>> status, assets etc. if there are 2 or more institutions requiring such info
>>> will you continue to trudge across all of them to update your details?
>>>
>>> I do believe the CA has technical people and in IT we know you can
>>> design an IDP or SSO-like system where you centralize(Just like the Huduma
>>> namba's aka "single source of truth") storage and management of your user's
>>> digital identities. In this analogy it would be a gov't institution/corp
>>> asserting you are who you claim to be(authentication).
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Adrian Teri
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
>>>> To: "Kenya's premier ICT Policy engagement platform" <
>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>>> Cc:
>>>> Bcc:
>>>> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 21:07:03 +0300
>>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] SIM CARD REGISTRATION & DATA PROTECTION ACT,
>>>> 2019
>>>> On Fri, 8 Apr 2022, 19:20 Mutindi Muema via KICTANet, <
>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Gobsmaked in deed 💯
>>>>>
>>>>> The CA has finally stated today that kica SIM registration regs does
>>>>> not require photo of subscriber to be taken
>>>>>
>>>>> Full interview on Youtube here https://youtu.be/-SpW2rFhYxQ
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Meaning then if you ever registered, you will not need to re-register.
>>>> Because  photograph was the only missing link that was never taken in
>>>> previous initial registration
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Kathy Mwai <kathymwai at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "Kenya's premier ICT Policy engagement platform" <
>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>>> Cc:
>>>> Bcc:
>>>> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 21:47:46 +0300
>>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] SIM CARD REGISTRATION & DATA PROTECTION ACT,
>>>> 2019
>>>> @Mwendwa, apparently there's an electronic signature as well. I called
>>>> Safaricom earlier this is what they told me: They will scan the ID, take a
>>>> passport photo, and electronic signature 🤔
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 8 Apr 2022 at 21:08, Mwendwa Kivuva via KICTANet <
>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 8 Apr 2022, 19:20 Mutindi Muema via KICTANet, <
>>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Gobsmaked in deed 💯
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The CA has finally stated today that kica SIM registration regs does
>>>>>> not require photo of subscriber to be taken
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Full interview on Youtube here https://youtu.be/-SpW2rFhYxQ
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Meaning then if you ever registered, you will not need to re-register.
>>>>> Because  photograph was the only missing link that was never taken in
>>>>> previous initial registration
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>>> “The Communications Authority did not order the telecommunications
>>>> companies to register all SIM card holders afresh,” Chiloba exclusively
>>>> told *The Standard.*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Chiloba said the telecommunications companies that asked all Kenyans
>>>> to re-register their lines, were “overzealous”, saying: “That’s not what we
>>>> asked them to do.”*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *The Director-General says the mobile service providers opted for a
>>>> knee-jerk reaction after CA demanded that all the service providers must
>>>> provide updated lists of all their registered customers by April 15, 2022.*
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 12:19 AM Gachungi, Lydia via KICTANet <
>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Good people, so what is the current position?. Asking from Addis and
>>>>> wondering since my sim card was already registered and when I dial *106# it
>>>>> verifies I am registered, do I need to re-register?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Lydia
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* KICTANet <kictanet-bounces+l.gachungi=
>>>>> unesco.org at lists.kictanet.or.ke> *On Behalf Of *Mwendwa Kivuva via
>>>>> KICTANet
>>>>> *Sent:* 08 April 2022 21:07
>>>>> *To:* Gachungi, Lydia <l.gachungi at unesco.org>
>>>>> *Cc:* Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] SIM CARD REGISTRATION & DATA PROTECTION
>>>>> ACT, 2019
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 8 Apr 2022, 19:20 Mutindi Muema via KICTANet, <
>>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Gobsmaked in deed 💯
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The CA has finally stated today that kica SIM registration regs does
>>>>> not require photo of subscriber to be taken
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Full interview on Youtube here https://youtu.be/-SpW2rFhYxQ
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Meaning then if you ever registered, you will not need to re-register.
>>>>> Because  photograph was the only missing link that was never taken in
>>>>> previous initial registration
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