<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>Good morning listers,<div><br></div><div>Today we will talk about Digital Hailing Services Regulations and the licensing of the Service Operators under part 1 of the regulations. </div><div><br></div><div>Looking at the document, it seems like the NTSA is trying to regulate the industry following the recent incidents that have come up: eg accidents, assisted crimes and digital taxi drivers woes. These regulations will require any digital hailing services; Uber, Bolt, and Swivl, to register in Kenya and operate under the Kenyan laws. They will also obtain operating licences from the NTSA.</div><div><br></div><div>We would like to hear your views on this:</div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div>a. Are the regulations necessary? </div></div><div><div>b. Is NTSA the right/best body to regulate Digital Hailing Transport Services?</div></div><div><div>c. What are the likely impacts in the transport industry, Information Society Sector and gig economy? etc</div></div><div><div>d. Should multinationals be subjected to different licensing requirements?</div></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div>Here are some resources to guide our discussions.</div><div>1. Bolt, uber among taxi apps ordered to get licences or get off road. <a href="https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-02-04-uber-bolt-among-taxi-apps-ordered-to-get-licences-or-get-off-road/">https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-02-04-uber-bolt-among-taxi-apps-ordered-to-get-licences-or-get-off-road/</a></div><div>2. Can California reign tech-gig platforms? A primer on the bold state law that will try. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/14/can-california-reign-techs-gig-platforms-primer-bold-state-law-that-will-try/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/14/can-california-reign-techs-gig-platforms-primer-bold-state-law-that-will-try/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Over to you listers.</div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div><font style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best regards.<br>
</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Liz.</font><br>
</font></div>
<font size="2"><font style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
P<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">GP ID: </font>0x1F3488BF</font></font></div></div></div></div></div>