By Isaac Akugizibwe

KIU, Main Campus-At the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic early 2020, no student like other people could tell its implications not until every nation started advocating for lockdown that never spared schools and all learning institutions. For Ali, this was catastrophic especially due to the fact that it found him in a land far from home.

Muhammad Ali Abdi is a second-year student of Masters of Environmental Management. He says full and strict observance of COVID-19 Guidelines and regulations set by the ministry of health has kept him a free man in Uganda since March 2020. He remains in his hostel whenever he has no reason to go roaming, washes his hands regularly with soap, and wears a mask whenever in public.

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He urges all students to remain compliant with the regulations set by authorities as they embark on their academics with maximum discipline. He argues that discipline is paramount for any man to succeed.

Ali is looking forward to innovating new things that will add value and protection to the environment after his Masters' degree. He hopes COVID-19 will soon be defeated and that he will return to Somalia as a hero.