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Taxi-hailing firm Uber clocks 12 million trips in Kenya

An Uber SUV waits for a client in Manhattan. Uber has made more than five billion trips in the over 570 cities where it is currently available. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By  ANNIE NJANJA

San Francisco-based taxi-hailing firm, Uber, has so far made more than 12 million trips locally since launch in January 2015.

Uber said in a statement it had seen an increase in the number of trips after lowering its fare and offering occasional discounted rides.

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