History

I started university five years late. By then, my high school classmates had long graduated, some already working, building their futures. In Kenyan terms, I walked into campus alongside students who had been in Class 8 when I was finishing high school. My journey was different from the start.

As a self-sponsored student, every day was a battle—figuring out where the next meal, the next rent payment, the next tuition fee would come from. Balancing survival and social life? One had to give. University did.

Even though I was among the most promising students, school became secondary. I wasn’t just trying to pass exams—I was trying to break free. Free from the weight of financial struggle, free from the silent shame of depending on my parents well into my late twenties. That’s not how we were raised. It wasn’t “African.” So, I hustled. And in the process, I almost lost everything.

I barely graduated. And instead of heading straight to the Kenya School of Law (KSL) like my peers, I found myself back in the same cycle—trying to make ends meet. Again, both dreams and survival clashed. Again, both lost.

Two years later, I convinced my father to loan me the fees for KSL.

“It’s unAfrican,” he said, before handing me the money. And so, I did what I knew best—study and struggle. You already know how that went.

Looking back, I see now that I had been making ends meet all along. Not in the way I thought—not in the way that looks good on paper. But in the way that matters.

Making ends meet is not about when things work; it’s about pushing forward when they don’t.

Fighting when the odds are against you. Standing when your own mind tells you to sit.

And that’s why Kuria & Co. exists.

For the warriors. For those fighting legal battles they never saw coming. For those standing alone against the tide. Whatever your struggle, whatever your “ends” are, we fight with you.