Safaricom’s Mulinge comeback casts doubt on EAC integration bid

Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore, with Ms Sylvia Mulinge at a past event. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The hiring back of Sylvia Mulinge by Safaricom #ticker:SCOM after more than five months of unresolved work permit issues that blocked her appointment as Vodacom Tanzania managing director now casts doubt on the East African Community’s (EAC) integration polices.

Safaricom chief executive Bob Collymore announced on Thursday the telco was rehiring Ms Mulinge as director for special projects, asking staff to welcome her “back home,” barely three weeks after Vodacom Tanzania filled her position on interim basis.

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