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29 26 ISSUE; EAST AFRICA KENNEL CLUB NEWSLETTER, APRIL 2018
MEMBERS 6. TO RECEIVE THE AUDITED
Membership is up from the last 2 years. ACOUNTS AND THE HON.
TREASURER’S REPORT
2016
Paid up members in 2016 were 139 Richard Maranga, the Hon. Treasurer
delivers the Financial report.
19 new members in 2016
Thank you Grace, for your efforts as acting
2017 chairlady.
Paid up members in 2017 were 152
27 were new members Good afternoon. My report will be short but
sweet. We have only just received the Audited
4 new Full members Accounts this morning, as we worked
through the meeting, we will circulate the
We also managed to travel to Uganda to create final accounts on email. We hope you have
more awareness of the EAKC. We have had new left your address on our sign in sheet.
members from Uganda as well as interest from
others in Tanzania, and Mozambique. The Auditors’ opinion is read out.
This year renewals are still trickling in. The Executive Finance committee has been
constituted to handle issues and improving
APPRECIATION internal controls and errors that have crept
I would like to appreciate the committee for the in over the years, which are being worked on.
tireless work and commitment in making sure that We have challenges, the Executive Secretary
the EAKC ran efficiently through 2017. This last is not an accountant, but has managed to get
year was full of challenges but the committee was all the necessary information and reports to
able to overcome them and see through that the the auditors.
goals set out were achieved. I wish to thank all the
Members of Council and various Committees for The committee has proposed to have an
coming to meetings each month and giving their accounting function outsourced, so that
we have on a monthly basis, we have an
advice and time to matters arising.
accountant who will come in once or twice.
Which will lighten the burden both on the
I would also like to thank the Executive Secretary Executive Secretary and on the Auditor.
and the staff for their hard work both in the office
and the grounds. There are many more internal controls which
have now been put in place so that we have
Members of the Finance committee who had more transparency. The members who serve
to sacrifice their time, to make sure that we on the executive committee and committee
finalize our obligations. Anna McFerran, Richard do so on a voluntary basis, and everything
Maranga and Neeltje for the various trips we made else is done by the executive secretary, who
to Westlands without complaint. Those who took is carrying a large burden.
time during the shows to help in various tasks. The duties and functions of each employee
Thank you all for coming and I now invite you to are being outlined carefully to help organise
join us for lunch and a drink. the office better.
In 2017 The EAKC made a loss of 1.5M, the
The chairlady’s report was proposed by Dr M. M. previous year profit was 151,597/-
Kahangara and Natasha James, seconded by: Pam
Galley Please do not be worried about the loss –

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