[kictanet] http://qz.com/611570/now-its-cairo-taxi-drivers-turn-to-say-theyre-fed-up-with-uber/

[WANGARI KABIRU]

.....For taxi driver Nessim Abdel Malak, 36, he doesn’t see such apps as taking business directly away from him currently but is fearful that their murky legal status could affect competition.‘They (Uber drivers) should have to pay insurance and taxes just like us” he told Quartz. “I am totally against this idea”.Abdel Malak estimated that he has to pay around 2000 Egyptian pounds ($255) for a professional taxi driver’s license and mandatory union fees. “The Uber drivers can offer more competitive rates compared to us because they have lower overheads” he lamented....

Views from far and wide in the North. 

By now, perhaps the Uber Executives are riding on the "negative waves" for their free PR - it is a marketing strategy too, an entry tactic too! 

Moving away from the taxi hue and cry, I believe Uber is a version of a human "car track". As an app, we now can track all your movements as you hail and use the service. Thus Uber at a global level becomes a repository of human movements within cities.This opens new lines of business to trade the data with interest groups such as development planners, governments and security agencies.

Blessed week.
Regards/Wangari
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Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".
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