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State seeks to eradicate fake mobile phones

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ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo has said the Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) intends to install device management systems (DMS) on phones to end the proliferation of counterfeit devices and theft.

Owalo told the Senate ICT Committee sitting in Nairobi that the device management systems is not intended to spy on people's communication and its implementation will be done in strict compliance with the Constitution and all other relevant laws in the country.

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