 Welcome back, this is Unfinished. I am your host, ensure that you follow me on all social media platforms at SK Gitonga. Today we are talking about digital safety on taxi apps. Onto our next question, how do you think the digital taxi apps ensure the safety of a passenger? Let me know what you think in the comments section. They are doing enough. What I can say is that we ourselves are not reporting the cases. If you enter the car and there is an accident, you have to report. If there is a disagreement, report. They will get used to calling to you. They ask for your feedback and they also report to the police and remove them from the service. In a taxi, if there is an accident, you have to report it to the number plate. So in case of anything, you have to report it to the number plate and stuff like that. We are trying to make sure that the driver doesn't have to go to the bus stop. If the driver doesn't go to the bus stop, you have to report it to the number plate and stuff like that. If there is an accident, you have to report it to the number plate and stuff like that. If they were doing enough, then we wouldn't be getting people being kidnapped and all that kind of stuff. So they should do more, especially on who they recruit on their apps, how they hire drivers or how they offer their services. They should work more and get people who are better qualified to do that. I have heard of a few things and I feel like they are trying to make taxis safer for us. I feel they are doing something at least. What I can say is that they are a business entity and they try their level best. Not their best, or maybe the best we would love them to attain. But let them do their part. That's what I can say. I'll allow them to do their part. But they are not doing that much because how I wish if a single person would order an Uber, then if they could be having an arrangement for security, maybe a security escort to help you reach your place or your destination in good time so that we avoid such unfortunate happenings like what we call the kidnappings and what have you. Recently they introduced the share your ride. You can share your location as you ride with someone else. So in case of anything, someone else knows your location as you ride. Also Uber has a very good reporting system. If you give a driver one star, they can really reprimand him, even cut his fare and give you a remuneration. There are some who are doing anything. Like when you have apps and want to do a career and they are trustworthy. Of course, they have to be easy. They have to have a number. They have to have a counter check. So there are some who are ensuring that safety and the others are ignoring. What the app does is to ensure that the customers are safe. First thing they normally tell you, ensure that the vehicle that you have ordered is the one that has come to you. That's one thing they make it clear to you and they tell you you pay like when you board up, you ensure that you reach your destination before you pay. So any other place that you will be dropped is none of them. Then you ordered online so you stay online. No one need to go off. That's why they say it's online. An online taxi, you ordered online so you stay online till you reach your destination. For them to give them easy work to track. When you are moving they contract that this Uber, this taxi has been ordered from this place and it's like it's directed to certain destination. They are doing enough. The taxi, especially the companies that run this online taxi business. I can feel for them they have done enough. The rest is for people, citizens of this country. Safety starts with you. So each and every person has a role. The company can only do so much. Like you are able to notify someone else that you are using this Uber taxi. That's enough for them. The others is about us, citizens. Be your brother's keeper. Basically these are about economic times. When hard times are there, people tend to go for easy way to get something in your pocket. The easiest way is usually through force. That's where now crime comes in. In the application, for example, Uber have seen that there are special type of Uber like Bolt for women. And now that one guarantees safety for women. There is a complaint where you can lodge your complaint in case you don't feel safe. And you can always cancel the ride at any time you don't feel safe. But that one still does not guarantee you full safety. So maybe I'll just try to suggest to these apps that drivers who have been put on red alert may be cancelled or a complaint has been raised. They should be investigated. And it was my mission to Maramorja until the investigations are over. So far, I have been able to ensure my safety. I have provided services to the people who have been put on red alert. But maybe it's because of the safety of the people who have been put on red alert. Whether they are doing enough, I'm not very sure. But what I can say is the introduction of the taxi apps is a big milestone to safety. Because number one, if that happens, they can always track the driver. And in that way, come up with anything that went on. And of course, action is taken. I think a way in which the apps do ensure that passengers are safe is by first of all, ensuring that they have the five-star rating. And then apparently they also have a follow-up in case you rated a one-star, they are going to call and find out what went wrong. And also, they are providing you with a chance to share your trip with your friends so they can track how far you've gone. Onto our last question. Do you think having taxes for a certain gender is a way of ensuring security in taxes? Let me know what you think in the comments section. Yes, because some people prefer women drivers, some people prefer men drivers according to their situation. So if they improve on their services and include gender exclusivity, things will go well. It prevents me from raping. Let's say we're talking about a man with bad intentions. Maybe he's a correct batch. If it's women, he's safer. This is alystise is an idea, it's something, like when a man has a lady when he or she has a bad thought. There aren't any types of people who can take a taxi while he or she is driving and they won't be able to... ..in short, they'll say if he or she wants to take a taxi, he or she will leave. So that's what it means. anyone anyone can take you depending on what they want it's not like it's one gender that is kidnapping or doing anything like on the other so it's anyone can do anything to you so whether you have ubers for ladies and I think it might but also I feel like we shouldn't have to be that because I feel it's it's it's a lot it's a big extent to go to it somebody should be able to feel safe with in any taxi I'm not not have to worry about maybe being assaulted or being harassed but yeah it's a good it's a good option to explore different gender taxes yeah well it's a it's the new normal actually it should be actualized so that for the female passengers they could feel more secure when they have their fellow female because now they wouldn't they wouldn't be any problem but I've come to realize that in one Uber entity there was a the provision of female driven Uber and also female on board alone passenger Ubers and so it's an improvement that maybe with time we can advise our fellow our fellow female our fellow gender maybe opposite gender to implore those avenues where they can have the female Ubers female Uber drivers taking them to their destination but of course what I can say is that even men have secured women in the past so I think with time it also depends on who is now interested in having the female Uber driven and also maybe who is interested in having driven by anybody randomly but now it it calls for high tend security within us within ourselves so that it's our own choice yes I really think it really helps with security because Bolt and Uber recently rolled out the the women only I think I'm not sure if it's bolt over I think it's bolt rolled out the women only and I think it's because women are prone to a lot of danger actually and they're very vulnerable to such very harmful situations so I think it's a good thing the safety should come fast since the cases have they have been cases so they're trying to reduce the cases and eradicate the cases so I think it's a good thing At times when you're late maybe to work on someone else it's faster and of course when you're safer so yeah Uber for different genders I think it's it's very easy to some extent it is but to some extent it's not because if you imagine you are a lady alone and if the person driving it's a giant we get even though you have a phone you have credit you can call but this person is more muscular than you he's capable of doing anything and once you're inside he is able to lock the doors and you are unable to unlock that's the other part of it the dark side of it like it's insecure to some gents to some ladies then to an extent nowadays you can only taxi with many ladies and you are the only driver I get so they can decide to tell you we are going to certain destination you think they are customers but they have got other plans ahead of you they have plotted something like you read them then you will be attacked this night your vehicle and everything will be left to the alone or either kill so it's not it's not secure at all then the other party that it's now so so ramparts well known nowadays the sexuality harassment you order a ball as a lady and then a guy tells you instead of you paying me this let's have this next sense of let's have sex and extent of payment you get so if you alone and you are not into that he forces you what will you do it's already like her sex harassment sexual harassment and it can lead the same it can be vice versa a lady asks the the driver to engage and if he does then she be like I'll scream I'll tell these people that you wanted to rape me or you wanted to abduct me so before people come to understand to ask what is it you know it has already happened maybe you have already been mob you've been attacked by the mob so it becomes hard to an extent it's safe to an extent it's not so it's it all depends on where in the parts you know but with me I will say the being with the gender it's not it doesn't it doesn't anyone a gender can be a bad person you know it doesn't matter whether you are a man I mean it doesn't make any sense we feel like at a female driven taxes are safe but even females as equally as you know dangerous as men yeah actually they would even be worse because there's that perception that you are safe in a taxi driven by a woman and basically they can use that that notion to reach to you in a negative way so that one does not matter yeah I think it increases and I want to upload the those the taxi the different type of companies that have introduced those taxi for genders like for women because you you you you will say feel safe with a female driver because mostly I can't say absolutely but but you feel kind of safe yeah you feel you feel kind of safe so I will recommend that I think it's it's a good idea yeah I can say you in other side you in other side you in other side you keep coming obviously party or no man so I come it I should be there but obviously it's like it's perfect or what we can so I think you it has a side yes or no yes maybe no yes because of course to me got to kiss here a lot of maybe talk of rape cases whereby when a driver is a man of course you know ladies physically they are not that gifted so and then a man and a baby and then an appellate car places and of course ladies are easy to fight physically and you know so I think if for example they are lady drivers the the females will be a little bit safe but also rape is not the the only bad thing that can ever happen because of course Kunakwibi and all that so the question the answer is yes and no 100% of the problem because we cannot pin it on men or ladies that they are the bad guys and also apart from looking at sexual assault we also have to remember that we have cases of human trafficking so it's not really a gender issue we have come to the end of the show I am your host SK Gichanga see you next time same place same time doing the same thing bye