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Uber taxi fare cut triggers drivers go-slow in Nairobi

Taxi drivers contracted under Uber app. Customers of the American taxi-hailing app Uber Tuesday faced periodic price surges in Nairobi following a go-slow that saw hundreds of drivers abandon duty. PHOTO | FILE

Customers of the American taxi-hailing app Uber Tuesday faced periodic price surges in Nairobi following a go-slow that saw hundreds of drivers abandon duty in protest of the rates cut that came into effect last week.

At one point riders from the Central Business Districts (CBD) to the Karen suburb paid Sh2,375, nearly double (about 1.9 times) the usual price of Sh1,250. The price surge lasted for the better part of yesterday morning before normal charges resumed in the afternoon when drivers called off the go-slow.

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