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The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has announced the extension of the deadline for the SIM card registration process by six months.
A majority of Kenyans failed to register their SIM cards by the previous deadline of April 15 and the government agency decided to extend the period.
Kenyan Citizens now have up to October 15 this year to have their details updated.
The CA has also warned that users who will not have registered their SIM cards by October 15 will be fined.
This comes after CA Director General Ezra Chiloba said the Authority will consult mobile network operators on the possibility of extending the SIM card registration exercise to give customers an opportunity to validate respective details of registration.
The extension also followed extensive consultations between CA and the Mobile Network Operators.
Chiloba and the mobile network operators held a meeting on Thursday, April 14 to assess the success rate of the exercise.
“It is the responsibility of the operators who will advise on whether to switch off the unregistered lines or probably give an extension and allow as many Kenyans as possible to register,” Chiloba had said.
CA maintained that the registration exercise is anchored in the constitution mandating mobile Network Operators to carry out the exercise.
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