Your unregistered line is set for the chop, says State

“Compared to the two incumbent operators (Safaricom and Zain) the new entrants do not have elaborate network across the country and which could have led to the slow registration process on their part” said Mr Njoroge

However he said they are not going to extend registration period because of this reason.

The registration is aimed at curbing crime perpetrated through mobile phones such as extortion, hate speech, kidnapping and fraud

The industry regulator says it will be using the data as the official statistics on the number of subscribers in the country.

This means the number of total mobile subscribers could fall from the previous 20.3 million to 15.3 million.