­The Uganda Communication Commission has confirmed that it will order the country's mobile networks to start blocking counterfeit mobile phones from the 30th November. The move follows last week's blocking of fake phones in Kenya.

The regulator first indicated that it would follow local countries in the region in banning fake phones last month, when it warned that counterfeit phones were a security risk to the country.

Local phone dealers say that following last month's warning, sales of Chinese sourced mobile phones has dropped sharply. With consumers wary of fake phones, even legitimate handsets sourced from China have been affected by the declaration.

The regulator confirmed that the Communications (Telecommunications and Radio Communications Equipment Type Approval) Regulations, 2005 gives it the authority to impose the connection ban on the fake phones.