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Kenya Information and Communications
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THE KENYA INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
(REGISTRATION OF SUBSCRIBERS OF
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES) REGULATIONS, 2012
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Kenya Information and
Communications (Registration of Subscribers of Telecommunication Services)
Regulations, 2012.
2. In this Order unless the context otherwise requires—
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Short Title.
Interpretation.
“subscriber” means a person who has subscribed to a telecommunication
service and is able to use such a service;
“Commission” means the Communications Commission of Kenya;
“deactivate” means to disable a telecommunications service to a
subscriber by a licensee;
“identification particulars” means details given by a subscriber to a
licensee or a licensee’s agent for the purpose of registration of the subscriber;
“licensee” means a person or entity licensed under the Act to own
and operate a telecommunications system or to provide telecommunications
services or both;
“registration” means the recording of identification particulars of a
subscriber by a licensee or a licensee’s agent;
“proxy registration” means registration on behalf of a subscriber by a
person not being the subscriber;
“subscriber” means a person who uses a telecommunication service
provided by the licensee;
“subscription medium” includes a Subscriber Identity Module and any
such device that contains a subscriber’s telephone number, encoded network
identification details, personal identification number and any other user data
that may be provided from time to time by a licensee for the provision of
telecommunication services to a subscriber;
“suspend” means to temporarily disable a telecommunications service
to a subscriber by a licensee.
3. The object of these Regulations is to provide a process for the Object.
registration of existing and new subscribers of telecommunication services
provided by telecommunication licensees in Kenya.
4. (1) A licensee shall register a subscriber as specified in these Requirement for
Regulations.
registration.
(2) Despite sub-paragraph (1), any subscriber who has not registered