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Uber steps up competition for rivals with Nakuru entry Summary Uber has launched its taxi-hailing services and online food delivery business in Nakuru, joining rivals Bolt and other local operators in market share battle. The launch will step up competition in a town where taxi hailing services is dominated by local operator Wasili Cabs and Bolt with Bomba and Safiri racing for market share. Wednesday April 07 2021 Summary Uber has launched its taxi-hailing services and online food delivery business in Nakuru, joining rivals Bolt and other local operators in market share battle. The launch wi...

THE STANDARD By Wainaina Wambu | February 28th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Digital Taxi Forum Secretary-General Wycliffe Alutalala (left), Patrick Mwangi (C) and Mathews Lesanjo. [David Njaaga, Standard] They are buoyed by a recent UK Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers were “workers” and not independent contractors. The talk meant to fill the awkward silence during that short drive across towns has since become a monologue of distress. Ride-hailing app drivers are being driven off the road by the gig economy. Things fell apart and something has to give, they say. Last year, due to th...