Uber, Careem to continue operations

Cairo – 8 April 2018: The Court for Urgent Matters decided that the Administrative Court’s judgment to suspend the licenses of ride-hailing companies Uber and Careem should not be applied, allowing the two companies to continue practicing their services, legal expert Essam Hilal said Saturday.

Hilal told Youm7 newspaper that the two companies are providing their services as normal.

However, a joint parliamentary committee began immediatley discussing a new draft law to regulate the operation of privately owned transport services, Hilal added.

The Egyptian Cabinet had sent the draft law to Parliament on March 21 to be officially approved and ratified, hours after the Cairo Administrative Court ordered the suspension of the two companies’ licenses in Egypt.

According to statements by Ashraf Sultan, official spokesperson of the Egyptian Cabinet, the government has taken serious steps to regulate the operation of ride-hailing services before the recent controversial lawsuit demanding banning the service in the country.