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EARLIER: Makerere University Department of Journalism and Communication held its annual media convention today under the theme; "Bringing Culture Back In Media, Communication and Youth Engagement in the Digital Age" - where NMG Uganda General Manager Editorial, Mr Daniel Kalinaki, presented the Tebere – Mudin Journalism Award and Shs1,000,000 cash prize to Ms Joyce Mollan, one of the best journalism students in the department. #MonitorUpdates 📸: Frank Baguma

We don't have the courage.. Male participants defy Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng's directive to go and test for HIV. While launching the Wondfo HIV self-test at Golf Course Hotel, Dr Aceng who also launched the mass HIV testing for men in Kampala City, directed all the male guests to test themselves privately and report the results to Dr Joshua Musinguzi the Program Manager of the AIDS Control Program. But as she walked out of the room, some men took off, while others rushed to the restaurant to have lunch. No single result was reported to Dr Musinguzi. #MonitorUpdates 📸: Stephen Otage

UPDATE: A backhoe grader demolishes makeshift structures at Kireka market that have been illegally occupying land belonging to Uganda Railways Corporation (URC). According to Lynon Ssengendo, the Public Relations Officer at URC, an unknown politician started the market and the vendors have been paying him rent. #MonitorUpdates 📸: Stephen Otage

PHOTOS: President Museveni and First Lady Janet Museveni have arrived at Kololo ceremonial grounds to take part in the grand celebration of the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) 20th anniversary marked under the theme; "20 years of NCHE Transforming Higher Education in Uganda." #MonitorUpdates 📸: Abubaker Lubowa

PHOTOS: Smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the 6th day. Washington urged Israel to show restraint in its response to Hamas's surprise attack -- the worst in the country's 75-year history -- which Israeli forces said killed more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians. In Gaza, officials have reported more than 1,200 people killed in Israel's uninterrupted campaign of air and artillery strikes, while the UN said more than 338,000 people have been displaced. #MonitorUpdates 📸: AFP

WATCH: School children march through the streets of Kisoro town in western Uganda with banners bearing portraits of President Museveni, his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba and former IGP Gen Kale Kayihura as they cerebrated Kayihura's retirement from the army and homecoming on October 7, 2023. #MonitorUpdates 📹 Andrew Bagala

Bobi Wine was yesterday arrested at Entebbe International Airport as he returned to the country. #MonitorToon #MonitorUpdates

Representatives of teachers from across the country have convened at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds to celebrate #TeachersDay2023. President Museveni and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni, are expected to grace the event. Theme: "The Teachers We Need for the Education We Want: The Global Imperative to Address the Teacher Shortage" #MonitorUpdates 📸: @DamaliMukhaye

WATCH: Rwenzururu king, Charles Wesley Mumbere arrived in Kasese on October 4, 2023, following his seven-year absence since 2016 when he was arrested and detained alongside hundreds of his royal guards after security operatives raided his palace. The DPP recently dropped charges against the Omusinga (king) whose movements had been restricted. #MonitorUpdates 🎥 ALEX ASHABA

PHOTOS: Hundreds of subjects of Rwenzururu king, Charles Wesley Mumbere queue along the road near Kasese airfield to welcome him back following his seven-year absence from the kingdom. The Omusinga Mumbere whose charges were recently dropped by the DPP had been arrested in November 2016 and detained alongside hundreds of his royal guards following a security raid on his palace. #MonitorUpdates 📸: Alex Ashaba

WATCH: Hundreds of subjects of Rwenzururu king, Charles Wesley Mumbere queue along the road near Kasese airfield to welcome him back following his seven-year absence from the kingdom. The Omusinga Mumbere whose charges were recently dropped by the DPP had been arrested in November 2016 and detained alongside hundreds of his royal guards following a security raid on his palace. #MonitorUpdates 🎥 Alex Ashaba

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