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DPP wants to file additional charges against ex-CS Rashid Echesa
By Dzuya Walter, 1732, June 17, 2020 (EAT)
Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji now says he intends to initiate further charges against former CS Rashid Echesa, who was charged with crim...

DPP , Rashid Echesa
Digital taxi operators back on roads without a deal
By Kepha Muiruri, 1951, July 29, 2019 (EAT)
Digital taxi operators under the coalition of the Digital Taxi Forum (DTF) have resumed duty on Kenyan roads barely two weeks into the issuance of a f...

Bolt , digital taxis , DTAK , DTF , Little , Uber Kenya
Digital taxi operators to begin strike today
By Benjamin Muriuki, 840, July 15, 2019 (EAT)
Taxi drivers are set to down their tools from Monday, July 15 paralyzing the majority of digital-based cab hailing services in protest of collapse of ...

Taxify , uber
Frustrated digital taxi operators issue new strike notice
By Kepha Muiruri, 2010, July 11, 2019 (EAT)
Taxi drivers are set to down their tools on Monday, paralyzing the majority of digital-based cab hailing services to protest the collapse of the Memor...

Bolt , Digital Taxi Forum , Little App ride , uber
Electric cab Nopia Ride sets up shop in Nairobi
By Linda Ngari, 1521, November 23, 2018 (EAT)
Finnish company Nopia Ride have set up shop in Nairobi making them Kenya's first ever eco-friendly, shared mobility unit services. According to CEO...

Juha Suojanen , Nopia Ride , Taxify , uber
Uber sees opportunity for minibus service in Kenyan capital
By Reuters, 2050, November 14, 2018 (EAT)
Uber Technologies may roll out a new service in Kenya to help users book seats on minibuses that ply the streets of the congested capital, if tests on...

matatu strike , Minibus service , uber
Taxify aims for 10-fold Africa growth, to overtake Uber in Europe
By Reuters, 1810, November 9, 2018 (EAT)
Taxify, a European-based rival to Uber and the leading app-based taxi-hailing platform in Africa, expects to grow its African business ten-fold over t...

africa , Markus Villig , Taxify , uber
#MondayMotivation: 5 careers you should be eyeing
By Nduku Mutinda, 1301, September 17, 2018 (EAT)
If you are an 80’s and 90’s baby you probably grew up seeing your parents and/or guardians secure jobs easily. I am talking about the mainstrea...

Career advise , internet , jobs , Millenials , social media
Taxi hailing drivers protest poor rates
By Dennis Otieno, 1815, July 2, 2018 (EAT)
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
Taxi hailing firm Little sells 10pc stake at Ksh.302m
By Reuters, 1327, June 5, 2018 (EAT)
Kenyan taxi-hailing firm, Little, which has a partnership with telecoms operator Safaricom , has sold just under 10 percent of its shares to an unname...

App , Craft Silicon , Kamal Budhabhatti , Little , Safaricom , taxi hailing , Taxify , transport , uber
No smooth ride for female Uber, Little Cab drivers
By Reuters, 1411, May 2, 2018 (EAT)
A rising number of women are taking up jobs as drivers. Little Cabs - one of Nairobi’s popular ride-sharing platforms, has witnessed a 13-fold in...

Female taxi drivers , Little Cab , Pewin Cabs , Taxify , uber
Taxify ventures into bodaboda hailing
By Kepha Muiruri, 1717, March 15, 2018 (EAT)
Taxify has introduced a new motorbike hailing service in Kenya, making it the first ride sharing firm to venture into the country’s ever growing bod...

base fare , bodaboda , cab , Chisom Anoke , hailing service , motorcycle , NTSA , order , Taxify , transport , uganda
Taxi-hailing apps drivers strike over low rates
By Sophie Kinoti, 1620, September 11, 2017 (EAT)
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
Raila’s Canaan ‘breaks the internet’ ahead of polls
By Sally Boyani, 1221, August 4, 2017 (EAT)
With only four days to the General Election zealous supporters of National Super Alliance (NASA) can't seem contain their anxiety to get to their prom...

Canaan , NASA , raila
Uber office remains closed, as drivers’ protest turns hostile
By Citizen, 2039, March 2, 2017 (EAT)
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, 910, February 21, 2017 (EAT)
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
Little Cab targets non smart phone users with USSD code
By Sophia Jerotich, 1737, August 24, 2016 (EAT)
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