At the dinner, held at Sheraton Kampala hotel, Her Excellency Lulama Xingwana, the South African high commissioner to Uganda, said Gangi’s stellar performance at the two plants has reinforced the goodwill and friendship that South Africa has with Uganda.
She thanked Eskom for skilling young Ugandans. “Thozama has deligently and successfully performed her task in the eight years of tour of duty in Uganda as Eskom Uganda managing director. South Africa is proud of you for the job well done and particularly for carrying both the South African and Ugandan flags so high. You did a remarkable job in skilling young Ugandan engineers who will ably carry on even as Eskom exits. Even as you return back home to South Africa, be assured that the two countries – Uganda and South Africa – are proud of the work you have done in managing the concession very well and leaving a lasting legacy,” Xingwana said.
James Onyoin, a member of the board of Eskom Uganda, described Gangi as having the zeal to accomplish her vision, resilient, smart and quite focused to the task ahead with a good measure of emotional intelligence.
Gangi highlighted the five objectives of her mission to Uganda, which included ensuring there was plant availability for Uganda’s economic progress, a task she has achieved.
“At the commencement of the concession, a number of targets were set by government such as improving the plant availability that was below 80 per cent, characterized by endless power blackouts, a phenomenon that posed a serious challenge for development and economic growth,” Gangi said. She said she was glad that they had reduced those challenges.
inarticle} inarticle}
