We keep joking about Safaricom recycling old lines… until it happens to YOU.
Yesterday, someone showed me KRA messages they’ve been receiving demanding that a man called Leonard file returns.
But she’s NOT Leonard.
Meaning Leonard probably lost that line years ago, and Safaricom gave it to someone else. KRA assumes Leonard has been notified, and Leonard might not even be aware.
Now think deeper about this.
What if that old line was linked to:
🚨 Your bank
🚨 Your employer
🚨 SHA/NHIF
🚨 KRA
🚨 OTP codes
🚨 Confidential work messages
Do you realize a stranger could start receiving sensitive information meant for you?
And the scary part is this:
Even after updating your new number, many systems STILL keep sending alerts to the ORIGINAL line.
So someone out there could literally be receiving your:
-Bank alerts
-Salary notifications
-Tax reminders
-Private communication
because Safaricom decided your old number is now “available”.
This is not just inconvenient anymore.
It’s becoming a PRIVACY and SECURITY risk.
Safaricom seriously needs to stop selling people’s old lines so casually.
Do not rush out of the slippery bathroom to pick your calls. Cultivate the habit of calling back when you are done instead. Airtime is far cheaper than brain surgery.
Africa is full of surpsises
Ugandan police arrested a man for witchcraft, took him to court, and he responded by inviting bees to the court.
Everyone was attacked by the bees. He didn’t get a single sting.
Interesting to see a man running around with a fire 🔥 extinguisher.
Earth is hard , best such guys are left in peace.
Sometimes you hate people for not helping you, yet they are silently fighting battles bigger than yours in life but choose not to bother anyone because they know everyone is going through something hard.