Uganda, Nov. 25 -- My previous column, "Uganda's satellite 'launch' leaves questions on ground" (Daily Monitor, November 11) contained an inaccuracy that warrants correction. I was alerted to this by a consummate reader and contributor to the Daily Monitor, Kahunga Matsiko, when he sent me the following note:

"Hi Ndugu, Is Mpoma Obote or Amin? Development journalism is a niche which NMG can build in-house, thus such nuances as the case of the satellite would be minutely dissected for us civilians to chew and digest. See why print media has a future?"

I had stated in my column - in reference to assertions that an earth station would be built in Mpoma (Mukono) to communicate with "Uganda's first satellite" - that ".the media [reports] sho...