Cricket Uganda (CU) has clarified on the circumstances surrounding the return of former U-19 & Uganda A captain Pascal Murungi to competitive cricket following inquiries from members of the cricket fraternity, commercial partners and other stakeholders regarding his eligibility to participate in cricket-related activities.
This move follows the determination of an independent CU Adhoc Disciplinary Appeals Committee which reviewed Murungi’s appeal against an earlier disciplinary decision delivered in December 2025.
On December 18, 2025 in Entebbe, CU’s Disciplinary Committee found Murungi liable for breaches of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code for Participants (2024) and imposed a three-year period of ineligibility from all cricket-related activities.
He however appealed the decision on account of procedural defects during the disciplinary hearing or, in the alternative, that a proportionate sanction be imposed.
The Appeals Committee’s decision replaced the earlier disciplinary sanction issued in December 2025 and Murungi became eligible to resume participation in cricket-related activities in accordance with the revised sanction imposed by the Appeals Committee.
The Committee found that procedural defects had occurred during the original disciplinary proceedings.
However, it also established that Murungi had breached Article 2.4.3 of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code for Participants (2024) by failing to disclose a reportable corrupt approach.
His return to cricket therefore follows the determination of the independent Appeals Committee and remains subject to the conditions contained in that decision, including continued participation in mandatory Anti-Corruption education.
Murungi has already played his first game when he featured for Ceylon Lions against his former side Aboojo and scored 34 runs off 35 balls as his new club won by 23 runs.
