The Home Office are threatening to deport Jane Nalugya and her 5 month old son Jason to Uganda where she, with good reason, fears persecution and possible death for her and her son. Her father was killed in the family house for his membership of the Democratic Party. She fled the country and applied for asylum in the UK in August 1990.

Her fear of being sent back to Uganda was so great that, suffering from influenza and high blood pressure, she collapsed on 21st January 1999, the day she was due to be removed.

Amnesty International's 1998 report shows that the human rights situation in Uganda had deteriorated by 1997 and not just in the north. "....hundreds of prisoners detained without trial. Over 900 alleged members of armed opposition groups were charged with treason, but there was little progress in bringing them to trial. Torture, including rape .....was widespread resulting in at least seven deaths."

The strength of Jane's case was never heard by an Immigration Appeal Tribunal because a hearing was refused on a technicality, being out of time.

Jane Nalugya has been living in the UK for eight and a half years. This long time before her removal order was not due to her but the length of time taken to reach the initial decision and time taken for the subsequent judicial process. It would be wrong to penalise her for administrative delays under the previous Conservative Government. She now has a five-month-old son Jason. Her employers were expecting her back at the beginning of January but she was unable to go because of the removal directions. Her partner Patric Orimba has a reasonably well paid job and has been very supportive of her and caring of his son during her present time of ill health and trauma.