{"id":129117,"date":"2024-10-17T20:48:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T20:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyan-ride-hailing-company-helps-people-with-disabilities-get-mobile"},"modified":"2024-10-17T21:07:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T21:07:49","slug":"kenyan-ride-hailing-company-helps-people-with-disabilities-get-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenyan-ride-hailing-company-helps-people-with-disabilities-get-mobile","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan ride-hailing company helps people with disabilities get mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>A ride-hailing company in Kenya is trying to improve the lives of disabled people by providing them with safe and reliable transport.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Ace Mobility start-up was co-founded over three years ago by Daniel Gatura, now 27, who had witnessed the transport challenges faced by his wheelchair-bound father.<\/p>\n

He was just seven years old when his dad sustained a spinal cord injury in an accident that left him in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n

This led to him losing his job which added to the challenges faced by the family.<\/p>\n

The situation later inspired Daniel to find a mobility solution that would cater to the needs of people with disabilities.<\/p>\n

Wheelchair user, Caroline Mwikali, uses the Ace Mobility service to help her get around. She says public transport is not adapted to the needs of people with disabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happens, because it is regular seats and your wheelchair cannot fit inside, they even have stairs so someone has to lift you and put you in the chairs. I mean, none of us wants to be lifted publicly like that,” she says<\/p>\n

Disabled people feel they are discriminated against, and Gatura says it is important to change the narrative around disability and reduced mobility.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust because you have a disability doesn’t mean you cannot earn for yourself, it doesn’t mean you are a nobody in the society,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are using transport to make sure that people with disabilities and reduced mobility gain access to education, gain access to employment opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Kenya\u2019s legal framework promotes inclusivity of people with disabilities, including access to public transport, in practice these laws often remain unenforced.<\/p>\n

Sandra Nyawira is the Disability Inclusion Advisor at United Disabled Persons of Kenya which campaigns for disability rights on transport policy.<\/p>\n

She says the policies do not \u201cspeak to people with disabilities\u201d despite the visible challenges they face when interacting with public spaces and public transport.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, it’s all about the intentionality of having the disability issues captured in these policies and then being intentional about implementation of those actions,” she says.<\/p>\n

The United Nations Population Fund says people with disabilities make up 2.2 per cent of Kenya’s population, close to one million individuals.<\/p>\n

The most common type of disability is mobility-related, accounting for 42 per cent of cases.<\/p>\n

For disabled people travelling around Nairobi, services like Ace Mobility are a step in the right direction towards making their lives easier.<\/p>\n

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