Makerere University academic staff will next academic year begin series of debates on national, regional and international issues. This was revealed by Dr. Muhammad Kiggundu, the Chairperson of the Makerere University Academic Staff Association at the launch of the Bernard Onyango Academic Excellence Awards at Makerere University on Friday, May 30th. Responding to former Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi comment that Makerere no longer had stellar academics and administrators and that its glory had faded, Dr.