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Disruptive taxi app Uber launches in Mombasa

Some of the Kenya United taxi Organisation (KUTO) drivers demonstrate outside Ufungamano house in Nairobi against Uber. [PHOTO: ELVIS OGINA/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: American taxi hailing firm Uber has launched its operations in Mombasa expanding its global presence to 399 cities.

The launch into Kenya’s second biggest city comes barely two weeks after the firm advertised for the position of a Mombasa-based operations coordinator.

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