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Nakuru taxi apps suffer as drivers take services offline

Safiri and Wasili cabs parked along Kenyatta Avenue in Nakuru town on January 23, 2019. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

Developers of taxi apps in Nakuru town have complained that some their drivers were operating offline, thereby denying the companies their due commission.

The firms that have entered the Nakuru market include Wasili Cabs, Safiri and Bomba Ride, on whose fame some of the drivers are riding to attract customers, then switching off. Mark Njagi, a founder member of the Wasili Cabs, told The Standard income from the venture had dwindled as the drivers, though still under the company, conducted their business off the radar.

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