A new online taxi company has been launched in Nairobi, promising affordable rides with no commissions charged on drivers.
The firm was launched by Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria who also took his inaugural ride to State House for a meeting.
It enters the market with an added feature of ambulance services on its digital App making a revolutionary deal.
Unlike the existing taxi-Apps, Showfa drivers and riders will not be required to pay a commission which has often been high.
They will instead pay a weekly or monthly fee of up to Sh300.
CS Kuria said he will push to have a law that requires foreign firms to relinquish at least 30 per cent of their shareholding to Kenyan citizens by birth abolished.
Kuria who spoke in Nairobi during the launch of a ride-hailing app on Monday said such requirements are outdated and have limited international companies to invest in the country.
“We have got this part in our statute that requires international companies to have thirty per cent local ownership if you’re to set up some of the operations like data centres. Ladies and gentlemen ‘hiyo ni mambo imepitwa na wakati’(those laws are outdated),” Kuria said.
The company’s business development director Dhruv Rajah termed the new service as “unique” arguing the drivers and riders are going to save more from the new App.
“We have done market research and what the riders and drivers tell us is that they pay too much and exorbitant fees in commissions to foreign companies…we want to change that, we want a platform where they can save more,” Rajah said.
The company’s business development director Dhruv Rajah termed the new service as “unique” arguing the drivers and riders are going to save more from the new App.
“We have done market research and what the riders and drivers tell us is that they pay too much and exorbitant fees in commissions to foreign companies…we want to change that, we want a platform where they can save more,” Rajah said.
