Cricket Uganda chairman Jackson Kavuma has described 2025 as a year of significant progress, tough lessons, and institutional challenges for the sport, highlighting both competitive success and governance hurdles as defining features of the season.
“As we come to the close of 2025, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has played a part in what has been an exceptional year for cricket in Uganda,” Kavuma said in his end-of-year message.
Kavuma noted that one of the board’s primary responsibilities during the year was aligning Cricket Uganda’s constitution with the new national sports law, a process that remains incomplete after an initial application was rejected by the sports authority. He acknowledged internal disagreements over membership criteria but said engagements are ongoing to address concerns.
On the field, Kavuma pointed to a heavy international schedule for both the men’s and women’s national teams, who collectively played 49 T20I matches across competitions. He praised the performances of the Victoria Pearls and the Cricket Cranes, citing multiple tournament victories.
“The Victoria Pearls won the Women’s Day Cup we hosted in March, the Victoria Series in October, and the Cricket Cranes won the Pearl of Africa T20 Series in July,” he said, adding that the men’s team also stayed top of the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League B standings after success in Hong Kong-China.
Kavuma did not shy away from setbacks, describing failures at global qualifiers and the relegation of the Under-19 boys team in Nigeria as the lowest moments of the year. “Our lowest moment was the failure of the U-19 Boys in Nigeria where they got relegated to the Second Division after finishing fifth,” he said.
He also paid tribute to figures who passed away during the year, including senior umpire and development officer Baker Elonge Otema, and highlighted Eng. William Kibukamusoke’s ICC Lifetime Service Achievement Award as a bright moment for Ugandan cricket administration.
Among the year’s major institutional milestones, Kavuma confirmed that Cricket Uganda acquired land for a future home of cricket, calling it a once-unimaginable achievement made possible by collective effort across the cricket fraternity.
