Best Kenyan teacher: I did not expect to scoop trophy

Teacher of the Year Award (TOYA) winner Phylis Wangeci from Mahiga Girls High School poses with the l trophy in Nyeri. The Kiswahili teacher was named the winner at the end of the 42nd Kenya Secondary Schools Head Association (KESSHA) annual delegates conference at the Mombasa Wild Waters Theme Park, June 23, 2017. [PHOTO BY KIBATA KIHUSTANDARD].

Phylis Wangeci Muchiri is many things rolled into one. She is the deputy principal of little-known Mahiga Girls Secondary School in Othaya.

Ms Muchiri is also the school's discipline teacher who specialises in Kiswahili and Geography.