Unyama! Boniface Musyoki, a Taxify driver exposed over violence accusations

Piece by: Lily Mwangi
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Taxify drivers have been exposed so many times and things don't seem to change.

Violence has been one thing that they have been exposed for over and over again. The worst thing is that they always target the girl child. This weekend, a lady by the name Libby decided to expose one Boniface Musyoki for violence.

Libby just wanted a ride to her destination in peace but on that day, the roads were closed due to the Detol Matter heart run. The Taxify driver refused to use an alternative route claiming he will not get his worth. He shouted at her asking her to alight at that particular point. She told Boniface to take her back to her pick up point which was just a turn back.

After they got there, he demanded to be paid for a job he did not do. He locked the door to stop her from leaving without paying him the fare.

This is where the drama began. Read her story in details:

I have a terrible experience with a driver today, after requesting a cab today morning, Mr. Boniface Musyoki came and picked me at 8.44am. Firstly he shared with me that he did not know where my destination was hence I advised him to use the route that we normally use with other drivers. Sadly once we reached the exit to the main road we were informed that the road was closed for the day due to walk.

I then advised him to turn so that we use the alternative longer route, which was okay with me since I just wanted to get to my destination. He then told me that he will not take me to my destination. He went forward to express that he will not waste his time taking me using another route and so he told me to alight the car. In utter shock, I told him I will still pay even though we are taking a longer route. He rudely told me that he does not want my money and he will not get involved in this ride because he said the money I will give is not worth it.

I then told him to return me where he found me ( which was still where he was going since the road was closed and by this time he had turned back). I still did not understand why he did not want to take me, yet he had accepted to do so at the beginning, I was still going to pay him and It is not like the roads were all closed, in fact, it would be gain if I took the longer route. At 8.53 we had pulled up where he had collected me and I proceeded to alight the car.

He then locked the car door and then raised his voice at me to pay him the money since he had driven me.

I declined as I tried to explain to him that I would not pay him because he declined to provide the service. I opened the car lock then he locked it again and then raised the window. At this point, I was afraid for my life, what kind of driver is this and what does he expect me to do yet he clearly is the one who refused to carry me. He continued to shout at me demanding that I pay him and he threatened to drive off with me If I did not pay the money.

I started screaming in the car, trying to open the lock and swing the door open but that was proving to be futile. An old man was crossing the road who happened to be my neighbor, he saw the situation and came to offer help but he could not do anything since the driver was busy locking the door as he was starting the engine.

Finally, I managed to open the lock and door at the same time before he could lock it again and I jumped out of the car. The driver then proceeded to throw insults at me despite my attempt to get him to understand that that is not how you approach matters. he then and drove off.

I have heard people complain about TAXIFY drivers but today I can surely say if this is the standard of drivers you guys have I would rather delete the app and move to another app that has more professional drivers who want to offer services to their clients.

Kindly do something about him, he was rude and quite frankly I was scared my for my life during the trip. Kindly do something about it and also have a helpline that someone can call after such an incident. He was the one who refused to continue with the trip and he was still the same person to reject my money yet he went forward to threaten me.