Zambia Consumer Association
(ZACA) has welcomed the drafting of a law to compel mobile service and
electronic communication network providers to record their subscribers’
personal details.
ZACA Executive Director
Muyunda Ililonga says recording personal details of subscribers will go a long
way in enhancing security in the nation.
He says Zambia is not the
only country that is practicing this law as many African nations are doing the
same.
Mr. Ililonga notes that
communication networks and mobile service providers are often abused because
some subscribers buy sim cards to settle personal differences and later subject
the sim cards to refuse.
Transport, Works, Supply and
Communication deputy minister Mwenya Musenga said during questions for oral
answer in Parliament on Friday that the law formulated on statutory instrument
number 65 of 2011, will make it mandatory for sellers of cell phone sim cards
to capture identification details of the subscriber.
Mr. Musenge said the law has
been drafted and is expected to come into effect this June.
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