A little more insight on this matter from a legal + layman perspective. Making Sense of Uber vs. Regular Taxi Hullabaloo in Kenya <http://www.techweez.com/2016/02/10/uber-vs-regular-taxi/>
The second issue I have noted is that it is not easy to differentiate between a cab and a car in private use in Kenya. Compare that with New York where the cabs are yellow or in London where the cabs are black. In Kenya public service vehicles including cabs should have a broken yellow line painted on them. Not many taxis have that yellow line painted on them. This means that it could be difficult to pick out a cab out of cars in private use. For Uber cabs, they are also pretty hard to single out of a group of vehicles as they do not meet the public service vehicle requirements.
This means that regular taxis, Uber taxis, and cars in private use look the same. While it is not a question of looks, Identification of a car in public service from one in private use is vital. It helps one to call out the driver, for security reasons and also shows that it is regulated by the government. Standardization is critical to the public service vehicle industry, and the Kenyan taxis have ignored the requirements laid down by the law.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu via kictanet < [email protected]> wrote:
Hi Listers,
I think how the issue is being handled by the government is completely wrong...the Interior Ministry CS wants the PS to meet with both parties to find a way forward. The first thing should be to handle someone who perpetrates crime as a criminal no matter the reason for his actions. So the violence should come to an end first!
The second thing is for the local taxi drivers to critique their business models. Their vehicles spend most of the day parked and they expect to make profits out of the few clients, who bear the cost of their down time. What the "aggrieved" parties need to do is to simply hire developers who will create for them an app this will allow them to be more productive. It's a no brainer really, we have adequate resources locally to develop a platform which they can use to increase their efficiency and to boost their profits.
It is a free market so clients will always choose what suits him best. As a user who appreciates the benefits of Uber I reiterate Mbugua's sentiments #AdaptorDie
Regards,
Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu Tel +254 718181644/771632344 Twitter:@Chemu_koech Skype:Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu Linked In: Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Mbugua Njihia via kictanet < [email protected]> wrote:
The old dogs of the taxi industry (and I am not taking about those with radio call and dispatch centers) are probably seated on their hoods right now drinking a cup of hot porridge from mama tembeza while reading the newspaper and waiting for me to walk over so they can say "Unajua wewe ndio umefungua bishara, hii change tutafanya aje" when I reach my destination, after paying an exorbitant fee that if itemized would cover the porridge, the newspaper, today's lunch and hardship allowance ~ http://www.mbuguanjihia.com/business/ubertaxiwars.html #AdaptorDie ᐧ
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