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Pricing

Bounded fares. No surge.

Every fare is capped server-side. Drivers pick a price inside the allowed range. 80 percent goes to the driver. 20 percent funds the platform.

M-Pesa payment on a phone at a cafe table
Passenger

You pay a clear, capped fare.

  • · Base rate: KES 40 per kilometre
  • · Maximum: base × 0.5 × km (KES 20/km)
  • · Minimum: base × 0.25 × km (KES 10/km, driver floor protection)
  • · Top up the wallet via M-Pesa STK push
  • · Fare held on booking, released on completion
Driver

You keep 80 percent of every fare.

  • · 80% driver take, 20% platform
  • · Pick any price inside the allowed range
  • · No surge multipliers, no opaque pricing
  • · Same-day M-Pesa B2C payouts on request
  • · Bounded fares protect you from race-to-bottom
Worked examples

What different distances cost.

DistanceMinimumMaximumSuggestedDriver keeps
5 kmKES 50KES 100KES 75KES 80
10 kmKES 100KES 200KES 150KES 160
15 kmKES 150KES 300KES 225KES 240
20 kmKES 200KES 400KES 300KES 320
25 kmKES 250KES 500KES 375KES 400
30 kmKES 300KES 600KES 450KES 480
Top-ups

Pay with M-Pesa. Hold, release, refund.

Passengers top up their wallet with M-Pesa STK push. The fare is held from the wallet when you book and released when the ride completes. If the ride is cancelled inside the free-cancel window, the full fare is refunded instantly.

MM-Pesa Daraja, STK push + B2C