US man who sued Safaricom for Sh4,300 due to fraud loses case

Mr Chrisogonas Odero asked the court to compel mobile service provider Safaricom Limited to refund him Sh200 for the purchase of a replacement sim card and the Sh4,110 he spent as courier cost to the US. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A man who sued Safaricom over sim swap fraud seeking at least Sh4,300 will now bear the cost of filing the landmark case after the court dismissed it. Chrisogonas Odero, a Kenyan living in the United States, is a victim of sim swap fraud.

Mr Odero was asking the court to compel mobile service provider Safaricom Limited to refund him Sh200 for the purchase of a replacement sim card and the Sh4,110 he spent as courier cost to the US.