The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has reiterated that the sim registration deadline will be effected on Saturday, October 15 as stipulated earlier.
CA had earlier set April 15 as the deadline for network lines registration before extending the deadline by six months to October 15.
With a few hours left before the new deadline is met, the agency has ruled out the possibility of another extension.
Even after the deactivation, those whose lines will have been affected would be able to re-register afresh.
The task would however be daunting.
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“After the 15th October deadline, subscribers whose lines will have been deactivated will still have an opportunity to re-register. Of course, they will have more to do after being deactivated,” said Liston Kirui, CA's Assistant Director of Telecoms Licensing and Compliance.
CA said Sim card registration is aimed at protecting network users from other risks that abound from using unregistered SIM cards.
The agency established that unregistered lines have been used in the past to perpetrate cyber crimes.
In April, the authority warned Kenyans that their lines risk being out of service if their lines have not been registered according to the law.
"By the 15th of this month, everybody who owns a SIM card must be registered, short of which certain other regulatory measures will be activated," CA director general Ezra Chiloba said.
Subscribers are required to check the status of their SIM registration by dialing *106#.
