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Government to block sim cards whose owners fail to beat Huduma Namba deadline

Communications Authority Director General Francis Wangusi (PHOTO: Collins Oduor, Standard)

KISUMU, KENYA: The government will switch off mobile phone sim cards whose owners will not have registered for Huduma Namba by the end of the deadline.

The Communications Authority Director  General  Francis  Wangusi put Kenyans on notice over the importance of the  National Integrated  Management Systems (NIIMS), saying there will be dire consequences if they don't register.

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