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Uber exploiting Kenyan taxi drivers, House committee told

Members of the Transport committee heard that Kenyan taxi drivers were trapped in slave-like contracts with the faceless company registered in the Netherlands.PHOTO:COURTESY

A parliamentary committee was yesterday shocked to learn that Uber International, which has contracted thousands of drivers across the country, does not remit taxes to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).

Members of the Transport committee heard that Kenyan taxi drivers were trapped in slave-like contracts with the faceless company registered in the Netherlands.

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