Siaya teacher voted principal of the year as annual fete ends

James Okoyo (second right), from Ramba Boys High School, receives the overall trophy from Teachers Service Commission Chairperson Prof Lydia Nzomo (right) at the end of the 43rd KESSHA conference in Mombasa. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]

James Okoyo, the Ramba Boys High School head teacher, was voted the Principal of the Year at the close of the 43rd annual conference of the Kenya Secondary School Headteachers Association (KESSHA) in Mombasa.

Mr Okoyo, who is also an ordained Anglican priest, has received other awards before in his home region. He has worked in the Nyanza-based school for eight years and was Friday recognised by other headteachers for improving the institution’s performance and establishing other successful innovations.