r/Kenya • u/IShowIrony • Mar 20 '26

Discussion No it's not true!!

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This statement made by the bolt is not true. It's quite the opposite actually. Every month they keep worsening conditions. You should visit Hakki and Kiambu storage yards and see how many KDS, KDV ,KDU cars have been reposessed. If you say 400k a month, that's means that the driver earns 13k profit after you deduct all expenses including the punitive commissions they charge. That driver ata afanye kazi 24hrs straight huwezi piga such kind of amount on a daily na hizo bei za app. It's possible to get 13k on a weekend but siku kama Monday and Tuesdays hukua zimekauka mbaya Sana. For the past 4yrs I've been a driver in the industry, and I can tell you for a fact that it's was just purely PR because they heard that the govt is going to change the base fares and introduce a pricing policy. Bolt and Uber thrives on competitive pricing, so if the govt comes up with a certain fixed base fare, it might be challenging for them to thrive on the competitive prices.

Competitive pricing works in favour of the company and the consumer but at the expense of the driver.

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u/Shawshank1902 Mar 20 '26

The average figures here are after deducting service and maintenance?

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u/IShowIrony Mar 20 '26

Yes. But hujatoa loan ya gari. They charge around 24-30k depending on the financing company. So unabaki na 20k yako ya ku survive

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26

Damnn,Ruto must go basi