Another taxi association has now emerged saying it was sidelined from a meeting called by the Interior Ministry to address the business rivalry with Uber.
The Kenya United Taxi Organisation Spokesman Mwangi Mubia says they learnt from the press that Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho was meeting taxi association officials.
Overview The organisation cautioned that it will not be bound by resolutions of Monday’s meeting, between the government and the Kenya Taxi Cab Association which was convened following threats and attacks on Uber drivers.
A team was formed last week to resolve the standoff and come up guidelines for online taxi operations in Kenya.
The organisation cautioned that it will not be bound by resolutions of Monday’s meeting, between the government and the Kenya Taxi Cab Association which was convened following threats and attacks on Uber drivers.
“We want the PS to call for another meeting consisting of all the stakeholders,” he said. “Our officials are more than ready to meet the PS so that he can hear our grievances.”
The organisation accused their counterparts the Kenya Cab Taxi Association of ‘hijacking’ their agenda.
He insisted that Uber must not be allowed “to monopolize the taxi business.”
On the question of whether they were willing to join Uber, he said the standards are high. “They only want specific vehicles.”
He said already a similar application like that of Uber will be launched soon.
