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Millions face switch off, fines as regulator to deregister SIM cards

A mobile subscriber using his phone. [File, Standard]

Millions of mobile subscribers face being disconnected from the telephone lines once a State deadline lapses tomorrow as it moves to enhance data accuracy.

Those in possession of unregistered SIM cards will also face fines of up to Sh300,000 or a jail term of six months, or both from tomorrow.

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