Ugandans cleared in U.K. probe

Press, 11 December 1976, Page 8

Ugandans cleared in U.K. probe

NZPA-Reuter London Two Ugandan Army officers detained since arriving at Heathrow Airport on Wednesday have been granted permission to enter Britain.

After intensive inquiries by Home Office and Immigration officials, the Home Office has announced that the outcome has been “satisfactory” and that the two officers have been allowed in “for a short visit." It had earlier been discovered they were carrying a passport belonging to 24-year-old Miss Elizabeth Okit, a Ugandan living in north London.

They said they had come to take Miss Okit, a secretary, back to Uganda. Miss Okit had applied for a new passport after losing her own.

While the two officers were “temporarily refused admission” into Britain, senior detectives picked Miss Okit up from her home on the edge of Regents Park.

She was taken to a secret: rendezvous where she was interviewed by Home Office and Immigration officials.

It is understood that Miss Okit told officials she had nothing to fear from the two men.

There had been speculation that it was Princess Elizabeth of Toro, a former Ugandan ambassador dismissed by President Idi Amin, whom the two men actually wanted. But this was later discounted.