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Man sues Safaricom in mobile phone number ownership row

Safaricom shop along Kenyatta avenue, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Does a person own a mobile number once he or she purchases it from a telecommunication company, and can it be transferred to a new owner without consent?

This is the question that the High Court will determine in a landmark  case filed by Peter Mwaniki against the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), a mobile services provider, and the new line owner, Dedsilva International Limited.

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