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Word Starring Jamiruh Kizza from Uganda


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- We discuss the differences and circumstances living in Uganda
- Challenges he faced as a child and how he ended up deciding to join an American Institution
- How the civil war in South Sudan affected his journey
- How opportunities are limited for international transfer students
- Working wages
- How Jamiruh made money
- Why he joined Rutgers University
- How the COVID-19 Pandemic was a blessing on his end financially
- The ratio of people in Uganda who can access the internet
- How this dude name Zachary helped him successfully learn online
- Why there is so much poverty in Uganda
- Only 5% of people in Uganda can manage to go to a University
- The sacrifices his mom had to make getting him into a University
- The language barrier
- The classes he's taking at Rutgers University
- The biggest opinion that needs to be taken into action for the better?
- How Uganda has one of the most corrupt Government's in the World
- The currency comparison: $1.00 in the U.S. is equivalent to $3,700 Shillings in Uganda
-  What sports there are in Uganda and what other sports they follow elsewhere in the world
- How they watch the Premier League in Uganda
- How relief is finally setting in after all the pain he has gone through
- What intrinsic values have you established within yourself, and how does it give you the drive to do what you love best
- Breaking the poverty cycle
- Tribalism in Uganda
- Election fraud
- How he self-taught himself how to use a computer
- What new outlets have you been taking part in during the COVID Era, that if this virus would've never happened, you would've never thought you would be doing?
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