For the last four years, the Friends of Molo Academy has been hosting the top performers of Molo Academy to a five star hotel in a bid to improve the school's performance. This year's event was held on 15th May at the prestigious Tribe Hotel in Gigiri (the only Eastern African Hotel to be voted in the Hot List). As part of the luncheon, the top performers were treated to motivational and career talks about Entrepreneurship by alumni and other renowned business people

1. Molo Academy Class of 2009 Top Performers’ Luncheon 15 th May 2010 The Hotel, Gigiri

3. This is the team that raised our mean score to 10.33 in 2009 from 9.61 in 2007. Molo Academy sent 35 students to campus, up from 26 in 2007 Last year, the school was ranked 6 th in the country alongside national schools. TOP PERFORMERS IN ATTENDANCE

4. DO YOU RECOGNISE ANY OF THESE FACES? Because of the good performance, the Secondary Section has been selected as a Center of Excellence. Kudos to this team for the tireless effort. Parent disguised as teacher!! TEACHERS IN ATTENDANCE

5. ANDREW KANYUTU - owner of AVL Capital Ltd. BETHOVEEN KARIMI- Multi-business owner with interests in communications, transport and constructon CALEB NDEGE – CEO, Outsourced Accountancy Ltd. TONY KARANJA is the MD and CEO of myisp.com, an Internet Service Provider, through which he has offered to host the Molo Academy website for free! ABOVE, in a file picture: Tony receives a top award for his company from PS. Dr. Bitange Ndemo ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE

6. JACKSON KAMAU – CEO, Ngesh Ltd. SAMUEL NGUGI – MD, Rohan Technologies, an IT specialty company CALEB OLUOCH, who works with NTV, introduces his fiancé Josephine (The two were married in a colourful wedding in November) HELEN AYAGA,(r) a lawyer, makes a grand entrance with her sister ISABELLA (l) who is the Deputy Head, International Health Relations NORAH NJERI – Forex Manager at Fidelity Bank KINYANJUI KOMBANI – In Charge of SME Branch Sales at Standard Chartered Bank and writer CORNELIUS LITUNDA – Credit Manager at Equity Bank ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE

7. PAULINE KAMAU – Administrator, Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa, presents a congratulatory poem to the participants. She is also an entrepreneur and talked to us about entrepreneurship MR. JOSEPH MWANGI, Principal, Molo Academy, shares his thoughts on the present and the future of the school. ANDREW KANYUTU addresses the Top Performers on ‘Entrepreneurship’. He worked for a leading bank before quitting to start his own business THE MOTIVATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL TALKS

8. MR. JAMES NGETA, Director, Abbey Comfort Inn Ltd and a host of other businesses, tips the top performers on ‘How to survive in Kenya’ Mr. & Mrs. Ngeta have been Friends of Molo Academy and have committed to paying school fees for two needy students. He built a business empire from scratch, having started by washing cars in Nairobi . He is now Chairman of many boards and is the Nairobi Regional Coordinator for Kenya Red Cross. As the CEO of Sketch Careers, EDWIN MAGANJO is one of the youngest CEOs in the country. He is only 19. His company has won many awards and gained worldwide recognition. He spoke about Entrepreneurship to the Top Performers. THE MOTIVATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL TALKS

9. THE SUMPTOUS MEAL!

10. All Alumni are proud of Molo Academy and we will continue to support these initiatives As a parent, I am happy that my son went to Molo Academy and not anywhere else! The school has many development projects, and we look forward to even more support from our alumni Am glad I studied hard! This was a great chance for us to see our old students, some we have not seen in over 10 years We are proud of Molo Academy . Just let us know how we can support! WHAT THEY SAID

12. We wish to thank all the Friends of Molo Academy who helped to make this event a reality. We look forward to working even more closer with you in 2011. God Bless you. [email_address]