Court Bans Kenyan Telcos from Recycling SIM Cards

Nigeriacommunicationsweek | 21-03-2026 12:13pm |

Kenya’s High Court has ruled that mobile phone numbers are not disposable assets, but constitutionally protected digital identifiers, striking at the core of a long-standing industry practice of arbitrarily reassigning inactive SIM cards without the owners’ consent. In a landmark decision that could reshape telecom regulation and digital identity frameworks across Africa, sitting at Milimani

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