[kictanet] 3 ways #Taxi incumbents should look at #RideHailing services

[Martin Gicheru]

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 <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 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
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>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Mbugua Njihia via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 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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