<div dir="ltr">My (unsubstantiated) theory: Safaricom taking photos + signatures apparently as part of the registration process wasn't so much about compliance with the CA directive but more to do with splitting <a href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001440612/safaricom-could-separate-m-pesa-from-its-mobile-and-data-business">MPESA</a> out and the subsequent fintech/digital bank play.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 9:31 PM Grace Githaiga via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><a class="gmail_plusreply" id="gmail-m_-2582759196066630734gmail-m_-9020525310427390plusReplyChip-0" href="mailto:l.gachungi@unesco.org" target="_blank">@Gachungi, Lydia</a> you are safe. It has been clarified here in this article.<br><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001442738/not-all-kenyans-need-to-register-sim-cards-afresh-communications-authority?fbclid=IwAR2x9nZ7wZkZu2cF27Cwqctm6mlWeGRBd5vZ-vjtbgTD-UEY-eIDeMCg10k" target="_blank">Not all Kenyans need to register SIM cards afresh, says Communications Authority CEO Ezra Chiloba</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Excerpts:</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(54,37,37)">Different reports gave contradicting information in regard to who is supposed to register his or her SIM card, with certain quarters claiming it’s the entire telecommunications market, while other quarters stating that only the unlisted customers should seek registration.</span><br></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(54,37,37)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(54,37,37)">“The Communications Authority did not order the telecommunications companies to register all SIM card holders afresh,” Chiloba exclusively told </span><em style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(54,37,37)">The Standard.</em><span style="color:rgb(54,37,37)"><br></span></font></div><div><em style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(54,37,37)"><span style="font-style:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></em></div><div><em style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(54,37,37)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-style:normal">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.”</span><br></font></em></div><div><em style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(54,37,37)"><span style="font-style:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></em></div><div><em style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(54,37,37)"><span style="font-style:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">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.</font></span><span style="font-size:20px;font-family:Periodico;font-style:normal"><br></span></em></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 12:19 AM Gachungi, Lydia via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Lydia<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mwendwa Kivuva via KICTANet<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 08 April 2022 21:07<br>
<b>To:</b> Gachungi, Lydia <<a href="mailto:l.gachungi@unesco.org" target="_blank">l.gachungi@unesco.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Mwendwa Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] SIM CARD REGISTRATION & DATA PROTECTION ACT, 2019<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, 8 Apr 2022, 19:20 Mutindi Muema via KICTANet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The CA has finally stated today that kica SIM registration regs does not require photo of subscriber to be taken<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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<u></u><u></u></p>
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