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Taxi drivers signed on to the Uber Kenya and Bolt platforms on Monday staged a go-slow in a move to push the firms to lower the commission charged on their fees.

Differences have emerged between digital taxi hailing firms Little and Uber Kenya over the government’s proposed cap on commissions charged.

Riders on taxi-hailing platform Uber Kenya are set to enjoy a 25 percent discount should they opt to share a cab with fellow users.

Uber is expanding to five additional towns including Kisumu as the company steps up its growth push amid increased competition.

Uber named Imran Manji as the new head of East Africa in March, to drive an expansion strategy at a time his firm was under increasing competition.

Uber head of East Africa Imran Manji said the company is working on a price review to factor in the recent fuel rise.

Ex-Uber executive says plan to slash fares in Kenya was done "arbitrarily and unreasonably". She left the company in protest.

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Remember the Uber drivers’ lawsuit in Kenya? Well, now Uber is seeking to activate the arbitration clause within the drivers’ contracts. In 2016, a group of 34 drivers filed a lawsuit against Uber Kenya. The drivers claimed that Uber—in reducing ride fares from $0.54 per kilometre to $0.3—had breached the…

Uber has asked the High Court to refer to arbitration a dispute in which some Kenyan drivers sued the ride-hailing platform over the reduction of fares by almost half. The Kenyan drivers sued the ride-hailing company in 2016 after it dropped ride charges on the platform because of mounting competition from local competitors. Uber and […]