By ANNIE NJANJAAmerican online taxi hailing company Uber has slashed its charges in Mombasa just days after Safaricom-backed rival, Little, announced its entry into the coastal city. The new charges that took effect Thursday will see the San Francisco-based e-hailing firm charge riders Sh35 per kilometre down from Sh50. The firm charges passengers Sh55 per kilometre and Sh4 per minute — with no flat base charge or price surges. Uber applies price surges, where it hikes rates by a multiple, say 1.5 times, in the event of high demand. Uber is regarded as Kenya’s biggest taxi online hailing firm with more than 1,000 drivers recording about 10,000 journeys every day.

Source: Daily Nation October 27, 2016 19:17 UTC