While Bhurji was at the Olympic Games, Ugandan leader Idi Amin had authorised the seizure of property from Asians living in the country and their deportation. Bhurji returned home but his father soon decided to flee the country in 1973, rebuilding his company in Nairobi, Kenya. The family eventually settled in London where Bhurji began playing for Blackheath Hockey Club. With Blackheath, he won the National Indoor Championships in 1976.