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Bolt fights back against Kenya's crackdown on ride-hailing apps

A bolt taxi. [File, Standard]

Bolt, the ride-hailing giant, is locked in a high-stakes standoff with the government over who really calls the shots in the fast-growing digital taxi industry.

The Estonia-based company insists regulators are overstepping, arguing it’s not a transport provider at all, but merely a digital platform connecting drivers and passengers, placing the firm outside the direct control of the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA).

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