The rise and rise and Equity Bank's founder Peter Munga

To supplement school life, Munga says he would sneak out of school to work as a ball boy for former Internal Security Minister John Michuki Photo: Courtesy

When Peter Kahara Munga stepped onto the podium in the University of Nairobi's Chancellor's Court to receive his honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree, he did so with a bang, not a whimper.

With ululations from members of the congregation ringing in his ears, the founder of Equity Bank who is now an accomplished billionaire businessman who describes himself as a believer in education, acknowledged a feat he started to pursue way before Kenya gained its independence.