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"proxy registration" means registration on behalf of a subscriber
by a person not being the subscriber;

of recording identification
of a person as a subscriber by a telecommunications

"registration" means the process
particulars

operator or an agent;

"subscriber" means a person who is registered under this Act and

has access to

telecommunications services provided

by

a

telecommunications operator;

to

"suspend" means to temporarily disable access, by a subscriber,
telecommunications services provided by a telecommunications

operator;

"telecommunications operator" means a person or entity licensed
under the Act to own and operate a telecommunications system or
provide telecommunications services or both.
3. The object of these Regulations is to provide a process for the

registration

of existing and new subscribers of

telecommunication
services provided by telecommunication licensees in Kenya.

4.

(l) A telecommunications

operator

or agent shall register a

person as a subscriber in the manner provided for in these Regulations.

(2) It shall be an offence for a

person other than

Object of
Regulations.

Persons

authorised to
register.

a

telecommunications operator or agent to sell a SIM-card.
(3) A telecommunications operator shall keep a record

(a)
(b)
(c)

of-

all its agents;
all SlM-cards sold to its agents; and
the registered subscribers made by the telecommunications
operator and the telecommunications operator's agents and
any changes made thereto.

(4) A telecommunications operator shall-

(a)

submit to the Authority the records maintained pursuant to
paragraph (3), on a quarterly basis; and

(b)

submit to the Authority a report of its operations on the
maintenance of records under paragraph (3), on an annual
basis or upon request by the Authoriry.

(5) The Authority shall issue administrative guidelines specifying
the manner in which the reports specified under paragraph (4) shall be
submitted to the Authority.
(6) A telecommunications operator or agent who contravenes the
provisions of this regulation commits an offence.
5.

(l) A person

who intends to register a SIM-card shall provide

the following particulars to the telecommunications operator or

(a)
(b)

agent-

full names;
identity card, service card, passport or alien card number;

Requirements for
registration.

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