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World Service,2 mins

KENYA UBER CONCERNS

Focus on Africa

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There's war on the streets of Nairobi, and on both sides of the frontline are taxi drivers. Those who drive traditional taxis, and facing them, Uber drivers. Uber is a mobile phone taxi service, which has spread across the globe, gaining millions of customers who find the Uber phone app easy and convenient to use. But in the Kenyan capital, the traditional cabbies are fighting back, and their clashes with Uber drivers have now escalated to the point where the authorities have had to step in. In Nairobi, our reporter Ferdinand Omondi ventured out onto the battlefield and hailed a cab...

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