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

Wed Feb 10 10:15:59 EAT 2016

On 10/02/2016 08:33, Martin Gicheru via kictanet wrote:
> 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.

The above observation is misleading. Although there are the traditional
Black London Taxi's - which also operate in other UK cities and
locations - there are also many, many normal looking cars working as
Taxi's - some with a fixed "Taxi" signs on the roof, some with removable
signs... and some with no signs at all (which would include "limousine"
services). All may be legal taxis. The Ubers that I've used in the UK
were all normal cars - although there were meters on the inside.
I'm from the UK and lived in London.

>   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 <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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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