Kenya: Ex-Uber Executive Reveals How Driver Earnings Were Slashed in Kenya

New details have emerged showing that Uber was planning to further reduce commuter charges in Kenya, months after the 35% cut of 2016, which is the subject-matter of a civil suit filed by drivers against Uber BV and its local subsidiary.

Alissa Orlando, a former Uber executive in Kenya, said that she left the ride-hailing company in February 2017, after a period of contesting the additional price cuts, which the company’s management was actively pushing for. As the operations manager in Kenya,…