The Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Mwenda Mutebi is calling on the public to develop a reading culture. He was speaking during the launch of an autobiography written by the Vice President, Prof Gilbert Bukenya.

The retired bishop Wilson Mutebi of Namirembe cathedral has called for communities to embrace self help projects that will remove them out of poverty, instead of waiting for handouts. He made the appeal while leading faithfuls in a thanksgiving mass to celebrate 20years of a project, Send a cow, Uganda.

In the wake of the increasing mysterious school fires, the Ministry of Education and Sports is instituting a policy that prohibits education institutions from admitting students beyond the capacity of their facilities.

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Football - The agent of Germany youth international Savio Nsereko has confirmed that West Ham are in ‘pole position’ to sign his client from Brescia, according to the British paper The Guardian.

At the age of 23, Hamilton became the youngest F1 champion ever as he drove his Mercedes-McLaren to a fifth-place finish in a soggy Brazilian Grand Prix Sunday in Sao Paolo. He also became the first black driver to win an F1 title and the first Brit to hold the title since Damon Hill in 1996.

Beijing - Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia produced an electric last lap to win the women's 10 000m gold medal at the Olympics on Friday. Dibaba recorded a new Olympic record time of 29min 54.66sec in perfect conditions at a packed National Stadium and set herself well on the way for an unprecedented 5000m-10,000m double.