FILE PHOTOA number of drivers affiliated to online taxi-hailing firms in Nairobi Monday went on strike over claims of poor returns from the business. Drivers with the San-Francisco based firm Uber, Estonia’s Taxify, Dubai-based Mondo-Ride and Kenya’s Little have vowed to stay away from work until their business conditions and returns improve. The drivers have decried the “un-ending offers” and “high commissions” taken by the tech firms. There is no sensible profits we are making, the terms have to change for everyone to be happy,” said Daniel Omondi, the taxi drivers’ representative. Earlier this year, Uber drivers took to the street demanding reversal of the 35 per cent price cut that the firm introduced in July last year.

Source: Daily Nation September 11, 2017 14:03 UTC