#Kampala Serena Hotel honoured by corporate governance body

FIRST RUNNER UP AMONG UGANDA’S CORPORATES RECOGNIZES KAMPALA SERENA’S TOP STANDING

(Posted 28th May 2018)

Mr. Anthony Chege, Country Manager, Serena Hotels Uganda receives the First Runners Up Award from Mr. Kamal Shah, Managing Partner from Grant Thornton Kenya.

Kampala Serena Hotel received the First Runners up award under the Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) category at the first edition of the country’s Corporate Governance Awards 2018, Uganda.

The award was received at the Governance Award ceremony organized by the Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda (ICGU) that took place at Kampala Serena Hotel. The ceremony was presided over by Right Honourable Rebecca Kadaga, Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda.

The Corporate Governance Award is a platform to recognize outstanding organizations that are at the vanguard of corporate governance excellence. Organizations with outstanding achievements in governance, risk and compliance fields in Uganda are recognised and this award plays an important role in encouraging improvements in the quality of Corporate Governance while reflecting the changing attitudes and expectations among shareholders, investors and stakeholders.

Mr. Anthony Chege, Country Manager who oversees the operations of Kampala Serena Hotel, says, “We are honoured to be awarded for our efforts to promote best practices in governance. Good corporate governance has ensured that we have a clear strategic path which is important in business continuity. It has also helped us foster good working relationships with our key stakeholders and strengthened our brand reputation in the region.”

Kampala Serena Hotel’s success is reliant on an ethical framework, good governance, in-depth risk and environmental analysis and a policy of constant innovation.

Anthony further remarked “Management encourages and inspires its various stakeholders including its employees, suppliers of business at all source markets and suppliers to take a wider consideration encompassing a long-term view when making decisions. Such decisions exhibit best practices, integrity, honesty, ethical values and commitment that facilitates compliance with the company’s various policies and procedures in place. This is in an effort to inculcate a sense of responsible business and the broad spectrum of its eco-practices that exists in Kampala Serena Hotel’s activities along the value chain so as to create shared value between its business and the communities or eco-system in which it operates.”