*BREAKING NEWS* Court stops SIM Cards registration Court says SIM Card registration should be stopped until disposal of a petition again...
*BREAKING NEWS*
Court stops SIM Cards registration
Court says SIM Card
registration should be stopped until disposal of a petition against the process.
Court has on Tuesday afternoon stopped the ongoing re-registration and registration of SIM Cards pending disposal of a petition in which Norman Tumuhimbise and Rights Trumpet Limited are seeking court to declare the process illegal.
In an interim injunction issued by the Civil Division of the High Court, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) and telecom companies have been directed to henceforth stop the registration and re-registration of SIM Card subscriber details.
“An Interim Order doth issue restraining the respondent [Uganda Communications Commission and telecom companies] … from enforcing or implementing the directive of SIM Card subscriber details …. or recognising the national identity cards as the sole document of identity,” the order reads in part.
The High Court order stopping the process of registering SIM Cards.
UCC recently issued an ultimatum warning that all unregistered SIM Cards would be switched off this Thursday.
The re-registration, which is limited to the use of national identity cards remains a contentious issue with a number of stakeholders urging government to first gazette a law before “handing over” citizens’ information to private and foreign companies.
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