Taxi hailing drivers protest poor rates

By Dennis Otieno,

Taxi drivers working for hailing companies have once again downed their tools protesting poor pay from various services. Drivers drawn from Little,...

base fare , Competition Authority , David Muteru , Digital Taxi Association , Little , protest , taxi , transport , uber , unfair pricing

Close contests expected in Stockholm IAAF Diamond League

By World Athletics,

Sweden is a nation that has long had a strong affinity for field events, and that tradition will again be on full display at the BAUHAUS-galan meeting...

Duplantis , IAAF Diamond League , Shawn Barber , Stockholm , sweden

Taxi-hailing apps drivers strike over low rates

By Sophie Kinoti,

Drivers using mobile taxi hailing applications have downed their tools and switched off their taxi applications demanding better pay arrangements with...

Mara Moja , Mondo Ride , taxi apps drivers , Taxify , Teketeke , uber

Competition Authority investigating Uber for predatory tactics

By Citizen,

The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has begun investigations on whether the move by taxi hailing firm Uber to lower prices breached competition l...

cabs , CAK , Competition Authority of Kenya , Kagure Wamuyu , kenya , Little , lure customers , Maina Kamanda , Mondo Ride , parliamentary committee on transport , Pewin Cabs , predatory tactics , pricing , taxi , Taxify , uber , under cutting the market , Wang'ombe Kariuki

Uber office remains closed, as drivers’ protest turns hostile

By Citizen,

Taxi hailing service Uber was on Thursday forced to temporarily shut its Nairobi office as a planned protest turned ugly earlier today. Reports ind...

business , charge per kilometre , disruption , Drivers , Irungu Nyakera , price cut , protest , radical changes , revenue share , revenue share structure , taxi hailing app , transport , uber , Uber Kenya staff stayed away from the office , work

Uber drivers want revenue sharing deal reviewed

By Citizen,

Kenyan Uber drivers have once again taken issue with the American based taxing hailing company over the revenue sharing deal. At the center of the ...

commission , cost of operations , Drivers , earnings , kilometer , Little , Mondo Ride , partners , Revenue Sharing , taxi , Taxi hailing firm , Taxify , three day strike notice , transport , uber , unique users

Pewin Cabs delves into taxi hailing

By Sophie Kinoti,

With taxi business witnessing competition with the entry of firms such as Little cabs, Uber and Mondo rides; taxi firm Pewin Cabs has launched a taxi ...

cab , Competition , Dandia App , Google , Justus Kirigua , Little Cab , Mondo Rides , Pewin Cabs , taxi , taxi hailing , transport , uber

Little Cab targets non smart phone users with USSD code

By Sophia Jerotich,

Taxi hailing app Little Cab will now be available to non smart phone users using a dedicated USSD code. Craft Silicon, the creators of the app, say...

Craft Silicon , Kamal Budhabhatti , Little Cab , Safaricom , taxi , taxi hailing app , Taxify , uber

Uber drivers plan strike over low fares

By Samuel Ramtu,

U.S based taxi hailing service Uber will face its first true test on Tuesday after a section of its drivers vowed to down their tools. This comes a...

Emanuael Kasina , Kenya Taxi Digital Association , Little Cab , lower prices , Mondo Ride , protests , Taxis , uber

Uber slashes prices in bid to attract customers

By Karen Mwaniki,

Taxi hailing company, Uber, has slashed its charges in Nairobi by 35 percent in response to mounting competition from local rivals that have entered t...

#MondayFootball , CAK , Competition , Little Cab , Nate Anderson , price cut , uber

Who Nabbed Grammy Awards Nominations

By Agencies,

Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd earned top nominations for the 2016 Grammy Awards. Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly,'' Swift's "1989'' and ...

When Booking Travel Online, It Pays to Shop Around

By Lisa Kamau,

Booking a trip online is akin to shopping for a perfect pair of shoes. You need to look around, try your fit and then look some more to get the perfec...

africa , kenya , tourism , travel