PHOTO | FILE Mr Mutua Muthusi, CCK director of consumer and public affairs. “The ministry forwarded the regulations to the AG’s office before the registration deadline of December 31, 2012,” he says.
What you need to know:
The rules, which were to be printed in a special gazette notice last Friday are yet to leave the AG’s office... and can only take effect 30 days after
The government is yet to enforce punitive measures against mobile operators who fail to register their subscribers’ SIM cards as a law mandating such steps is awaiting clearance at the Attorney General’s office.
The Ministry of Information and Communication has drafted regulations guiding mobile operators on the SIM card deactivation process and outlining penalties for non-compliance.
