But less than 70 would show up to listen to a celebrated professor like Nabudere. And Nabudere was in attendance to present his book. Would there be 70 or so students, I had been wondering. Clearly something has changed radically at Makerere. The St. Augustine Hall was already full.
Students are, again, turning up in record numbers to hear intellectuals and politicians mix it up.
Onyango Odongo presented his book, and the audience listened quietly. Zam Zam Nagujja, deputy director of Legal Affairs at the Movement Secretariat, first discussant, responded strongly. She got a couple of claps here and there. The second discussant, pro-multiparty MP Ben Wacha, was up next. I have seen very many politicians talk at fora like these, but I must confess I don't remember when I last saw an act as polished as Wacha's was.