COVID-19 in South Africa: How inequality, poverty undermined country’s response

By Reuters,

When coronavirus patients started arriving at South Africa’s government-run Thelle Mogoerane Hospital, workers scrambled to set up isolation wards t...

coronavirus , south africa

Uber and other taxi firms to pay London congestion charge

By Reuters,

Uber, Addison Lee and other private hire taxi operators in London will no longer be exempt from paying a weekday charge for entering the city center, ...

Addison Lee , Buckingham Palace , Imperial War Museum , Mayor Sadiq Khan , uber

No smooth ride for female Uber, Little Cab drivers

By Reuters,

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

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

Run for Office: Athletics stars in the race for 2017 polls

By Citizen Team,

Blind runner, Henry Wanyoike, Wilfred Bungei and Wilson Kipsang have represented the country with distinction at the grandest stage in athletics, brin...

election , Emgwen , Gitaru Ward , Henry Wanyoike , Keiyo South , MCA , mp , Wilfred Bungei , Wilfred Kipsang

South African taxis block roads to main airport in Uber protest

By Reuters,

South African taxi drivers blocked roads to Johannesburg's airport on Friday, holding up thousands of travellers in the latest protest against ride-ha...

taxi , uber

South Africa’s taxis block roads to main airport in Uber protest

By Reuters,

South African taxi drivers on Friday blocked roads to Johannesburg's airport, holding up thousands of travellers in the latest protest against ride-ha...

Uber drivers divided as app-based taxis strike bites

By Majanga Michael,

Uber operators in Nairobi are divided on how to proceed with their strike demanding better payment rates as their leaders call off the strike to star...

striking doctors , Uber Drivers

Disability group sues Uber over wheelchair access

By Reuters,

A Chicago-based disability rights group on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc alleging the ride-hailing company has violat...

Uber gives riders a preview of driverless future

By VOA,

Uber riders in Pittsburgh can get a glimpse of the future by summoning a car capable of handling most of the tasks of driving on its own. Starting ...

Cars , uber , world

Six taxi drivers arraigned over arson attack on Uber taxi

By Citizen Reporter,

The six taxi drivers arrested in connection with an arson attack on a taxi operating under the Uber taxi Company last week were on Tuesday remanded fo...

arson attack , uber taxi

6 arrested over Uber taxi attacks

By Maureen Murimi,

Six people have been arrested in connection to the burning of two Uber taxis in Nairobi. This is according to Nairobi Police Boss Japheth Koome who...

kenya , Nairobi , six people arrested , uber , Uber taxis

Another Uber taxi torched as business rivalry escalates

By Maureen Murimi,

A Uber taxi was on Wednesday morning torched by suspected business rivals in Nairobi's Waithaka area. The taxi, contracted from Yaya Centre, was ta...

cabs , kenya , taxi , uber , Uber Kenya , world

Uber seeks to lure cabbies in Africa expansion plan

By Agencies,

U.S.-based Uber plans to expand in Tanzania, Uganda and Ghana this year and will focus on convincing traditional taxi drivers to work for the ride-hai...

africa , Ghana , kenya , Nairobi , Nigeria , Tanzania , uber , uganda

Gov’t receives report on Uber, taxi wars

By Wangui Ngechu,

Interior Principal Secretary Eng. Karanja Kibicho has received the 60-page report from the task force investigating the dispute between traditional ta...

Attacks , gang , Interior Principal Secretary for Interior Eng Karanja Kibicho , Kenya Association of Taxi and Cabs , Kileleshwa , Kirichwa road , Nairobi , Police , Report , task force , taxi , uber , uber taxi

Uber Taxi driver attacked, car torched as business rivalry escalates

By Wangui Ngechu,

Police in Nairobi are investigating a case in which a gang of four men attacked a Uber Taxi driver on Kirichwa Road and set his car ablaze. Accordi...

Attacks , Kenya Association of Taxi and Cabs , Kileleshwa , Kirichwa road , Nairobi County Commander Japhet Koome , row , taxi drivers , uber

Committee formed to resolve standoff between Uber and local taxis

By Benjamin Wafula,

The government has moved to quell the brewing hostility between Uber online taxi services and local taxi operators by forming a committee to look into...

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PS Kibicho meets taxi operators to resolve stalemate with Uber

By Lisa Kamau,

The stalemate between Uber Taxi Services and the Kenya Taxi Cab Association is expected to be resolved today (Monday) after a meeting called by the go...

Nkaissery directs his PS to resolve the Uber-Taxi wars

By Wangui Ngechu,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Major Gen. (Rtd.) Joseph Nkaissery has directed his Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho to convene a meeting between Uber ...

Interior CS Joseph Nkaissery , Kenya United Taxi Association , operation , Principal Secretary Karanja Kibichu , row , taxi , uber

Taxi drivers threaten mass action against Uber drivers

By Maureen Murimi,

The Kenya United Taxi Organisation has given a seven-day ultimatum to the government to solve the standoff between them and Uber failure to which they...

cabs , kenya , Nairobi , Rogue Taxis , Taxis , uber