The Authority’s Director-General, Mr Francis Wangusi, said the Huduma Namba would replace the national IDs cards used to register SIM cards. Communications Authority of Kenya had threatened to block all SIM cards whose owners do not have a Huduma Namba after the registration is completed. By PAUL WAFULAMore by this AuthorThe Information ministry Thursday dismissed a threat by the communication’s regulator that it will block SIM cards whose owners do not have a Huduma Namba. The Authority’s Director-General, Mr Francis Wangusi, said the Huduma Namba would replace the national IDs cards used to register SIM cards. “Once the 45 day registration exercise is over, we shall engage mobile operators to switch off the SIM Cards,” Wangusi said in an interview with the Nation.

Source: Daily Nation April 18, 2019 17:48 UTC