Safaricom’s Mulinge comeback casts doubt on EAC integration bid

Sylvia Mulinge was Safaricom's Director of Consumer Business Unit before her appointment as Vodacom Tanzania managing director in June 1, 2018. She returns to Safaricom unresolved work permit issues. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya's giant telecom has hired back Sylvia Mulinge after more than five months of unresolved work permit issues that blocked her appointment as Vodacom Tanzania managing director.

Her return to Safaricom now casts doubt on the East African Community’s (EAC) integration polices.