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National Transport and Safety Authority (Transport Network Companies, Owners, Drivers and Passengers) Regulations

2. Interpretation

Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force

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2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—"transport network company" means a person, entity or company who or that connects transport network passengers with transport network drivers for transport network services exclusively through the offering, use or operation of a transport network platform but does not include a person, entity or company that provides street-hailing taxicab services, limousine or other transportation service arranged by a method other than through a transport network platform;"transport network driver" means a person authorized by a transport network company to offer transport network services to transport network passengers through a transport network platform;"transport network owner" means the registered owner, hirer or lessee of a transport network vehicle;"transport network passenger" means an individual who uses a transport network platform to connect with a transport network driver who provides transport network services to the passenger using a transport network vehicle;"transport network platform" means a digital platform or any other similar system offered, used or operated by a transport network company and used by persons for the transportation of passengers for compensation by a transport network driver;"transport network vehicle" means a motor vehicle with a manufacturer’s seating capacity originally designed for not more than seven passengers excluding the driver, used to provide transport network services through a transport network platform, but does not include a taxicab, motorcycle or shared pool motor vehicle; and"transport network service" means—
(a)any time a transport network driver operating a transport network vehicle is logged onto a network for the purposes of accepting requests for transportation services for compensation from prospective passengers;
(b)any time from the moment a transport network driver operating a transport network vehicle has accepted a ride request through a transport network, continuing while that transport network driver is en route to pick up a passenger to provide transport services for compensation, and ending when the passenger reaches the final destination or a trip is cancelled, whichever is later; or
(c)any time from the moment a transport network driver operating a transport network vehicle has a passenger in a transport network vehicle, continuing while such passenger is being transported for compensation, and ending when the passenger reach the final destination.
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Source: Kenya Law