It has been quite a journey for soft-spoken Patrick Ikuwa Njoroge who lost his eyesight in primary school.
Mr Ikuwa in a Friday interview said he lost his eyesight in 1986 when he was a little boy in class two.
"One day I woke up and prepared for school as usual," he told this writer.
"I used to study at Eldoret Central. When I was on my way to school, I reached a point where I could not see anything. I stumbled on a trees and informed my sister who was with me that there was something wrong."
He added: "when I realised I could not see, I was a afraid to return home that morning but my sister entrusted me to a neighbour who took me back home."
At first, it was hard for him to accept his new condition, his parents tried to take him to different medical facilities but the condition could not be reversed.
"After I was confirmed totally blind, my dad took me to Thika School for the blind. I was later transferred to another school in Kisumu where I did my class 8 exams in 1993," he said.
Although he did not perform well in his Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams, his parents never gave up on him. Ikua was taken for vocational training where he learned carpentry and basketry.
"I went to a workshop for the blind from 1994 to 1995 whereI learn different weaving skills," he says shyly.
But despite all the challenges he has endured with the challenge, the 38-year-old man is the owner of a pool and darts business at Munyaka Estate in Uasin Goshu.
He says the business enables him earn a living and does not need anyone to employ him.
"After my training, I returned home. My brother gave me capital to start a business of my choice. I also keep poultry, and I have water tanks. If there is a water shortage in our estate, I sell water to people," he said.
He says the business helps him generate income that supports his parents as well as future investment plan.
"Although my first wife died, God blessed me with another one who understands me and helps me build the future together," said Njoroge.
He paused a challenge to people living with disabilities not to be intimidated by their situations.
"Being disabled doesn't mean that you can't support your self. We should gather our strength and have hopes for a better future. Begging on the streets should be a last option," he said.
And he had a message to parents: "Parents shouldn't discriminate disabled people, our world might be dark but our future is bright."