Yeah, I get your point...but it beats sitting back and being spectators. The first up is always legislation, and currently we don't have. the law making process is an ongoing thing even in the developed countries. Many a times the law making process has to react to the ongoings within the society. Availability of fake Certificates in the market does not mean our Universities will stop applying stringent measures for those who genuinly want to get certificates, does it? Same case here, regardless of riverroad's shady dealings, it should not mean that we should not follow suit and apply stringent measures to try and curb the insurgence of mobile phone fraudsters. Ensuring there is no fake ID's is an entirely different aspect of crime. I think that by enforcing such regulations we would see a significant decline in fraud especially those who are just opportunists. And that would be welcome by far, wouldn't it? Although it would mean a decline in fast sales for some providers, its wolth it. Plus, on a personal level I do hold to the belief that is is this love of money that is killing us slowly accross the board in every sector of our economy. Lets have the proper regulation and if it still doesn't work we will cross that bridge when we get there. On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu@gmail.com> wrote:
Yep, I saw that. The programme is Dial-A-Convict, not Jicho Pevu. Reminds me of saying una M-Pesa ya Zain :D. On a serious note, there is a need to verify these adverts before a media house publishes them. People get fleeced of their hard earned money by some convict behind bars yet there is no law which guards against that. Registering of SIM cards only, does not stop thugs from perfecting their skills. A computerized verification of SIM cards and ID cards, should be synchronized with telcos database. Fake IDs are in the market, remember!
On 25/09/2009, James Muendo <timrick@gmail.com> wrote:
I dont know whether you have been watching ntv news recently,thay were having these "jicho Pevu" kind of thing,dial a thief or something of sorts,where they have been tracking down the fraudsters who put adverts in newspapers and end up conning Kenyans in the name of jobs.
Anyone who saw these?Am relating it to the above issue.
On 24/09/2009, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
This is already being done. However, I don't think it will disuade fraudsters, currently they comfortably register for M-Pesa with fake ID's etc...
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 5:16 PM, kenne2ke <kenne2ke@gmail.com> wrote:
I know after closing one loophole another one emerges, but that never
was
a reason to stay static in terms of policy. What I keep wondering and agonizing about is why so many good policies are never taken seriously. Today, good friends, I need to know why we should not be required to register for sim cards. Why do we continue this policy of giving fraudsters such a huge playing field to just buy and dispose after illegal use. Why oh why? Hon Bitange Ndemo and others who have access to the state machinery should know that crime is not only about changing the people at the top but should also avail more resources to them. You would be amazed how easier it would be to solve and track down most of the home based fraudsters out there.
Anyone with the goodwill to push this regardless of what safaricom says (for selfish reasons) out there whom we can back up?
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