Whether you went through private or public institutions, whether you went past O levels or not, whether you attended foreign schools or local ones, whether 8.4.4 or C.B.C - it is just a stage in life.
Afterwards it is adulting and making money. If you have no $$$ then you failed the step which also is a finale. The game is money. Even an illiterate Somali can spit sputum on a well paved yard in Gigiri but a broke as Luo will be questioned verily for being around there with no business there. And do you know who will do the questioning? An illiterate Luhya.