The National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) is committed to ensuring that all her subsidiaries are functioning optimally, Rev Canon Peter Karanja has said.
Speaking at Jumuia Conference and Country Home, Limuru, the NCCK General Secretary emphasized that the Council’s governance and management organs will facilitate an internal consultation mechanism within NCCK fraternity aimed at building internal synergy. He pointed out that this will enable the NCCK to have a significant impact on the society.
He was speaking when he chaired a one-day turn-around strategy meeting for the Jumuia Resorts.
Canon Karanja underscored the importance of such meetings saying: “The significance of these meetings is such that the birth of Council subsidiaries is at the governance and management of the Council. Having helped to establish the subsidiaries, the management should also be responsible for ensuring that the subsidiaries work”.
He urged all Council staff to identify a role that each one of them could play to enhance the performance of the Resorts. “What would it take for programme people to support the management to achieve? What would it cost us to lend a helping hand to the Resorts so that they achieve? We can turn around the Resorts in half an year and make them profitable. I know NCCK has the most outstanding staff complement compared to any other institution”.
The meeting was attended by NCCK’s top management team among them Deputy General Secretary Dr. Nelson Makanda, Programmes Director Susie Ibutu, Jumuia Resorts Chief Executive Officer William Kemboi, all resorts’ managers and the Regional Coordinators.
Canon Karanja’s remarks were echoed by his deputy, Dr. Makanda, who said: “Such change is something we can’t avoid. In this, we must recognize that we can’t do it alone. We can wait upon the Lord and safeguard the institutions that God has given us”.
He called for the development of an action plan that would detail the entire picture when the final report is compiled.
Susie on her part pointed out that she looked forward to such platforms in future.
NCCK subsidiaries include Ufungamano House, SMEP Microfinance Bank, Jumuia Hospitals Ltd, Jumuia Resorts, East African Venture Company among others.
