Lydia Oile
Lydia Oile, is a Ugandan businesswoman and corporate executive, who is the founder, owner and chief executive officer of Le Mémorial Medical Services Hospital, in Kigo, Wakiso District, in the Central Region of Uganda.[1]
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Born | 1963 (age 56–57) |
Nationality | Ugandan |
Citizenship | Ugandan |
Alma mater | Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School (High School Diploma) Mulago Paramedical School (Anesthetic Assistant Course) |
Occupation | Corporate Executive & Hospital Administrator |
Years active | 1991 — present |
Known for | Business Management |
Title | Chief Executive Officer of Le Mémorial Medical Services Hospital, Uganda |
Background and education
She was born in the 1960s to Reverend Yosiya Kabugombe of Nyabiteete Village, Rukungiri District, in Uganda's Western Region, as the ninth-born of his ten children.[1]
She attended Nyabiteete Primary School and Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School for her elementary and secondary education. She then trained at Mulago Paramedical School, graduating as an Anesthetic Assistant in the early 1980s.[1]
Career
She practices as an Anesthetic Assistant for a few years following her graduation from Mulago Paramedical School. In 1991 she became the manager of Lawsam Chemicals (Uganda) Limited, a company that deals in industrial detergents, targeting the bottling and hotel industry. Her husband, a Kenyan, started the business, handed it to his wife and went back to Kenya to run for political office. As of March 2019, Ms Oile is still the proprietor and managing director at the company, with offices in the Industrial Area of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[1][2]
In January 2015, she opened Le Memorial Hospital, a private, for-profit medical facility. As of June 2017, the facility was yet to break even.[1][2]
She also serves as a director at Tausi Décor Limited, an interior designing company that she co-owns.[1][3]
Family
For a period of about ten years Lydia Oile was married to Mr Oile, a national of Kenya. The couple were parents to three children. Mr Oile died in 1999.[1]
Other considerations
Lydia Oile was the winner of the 5th Annual MTN Women in Business Award, in the Excellence in Financial Services Award category. She received her award at the award ceremony, on 17 March 2017.[1][3]
See also
- Entebbe-Kampala Expressway
- List of hospitals in Uganda
- Sophia Namutebi
References
- Nantume, Gillian (30 July 2017). "Oile's Quest To Heal The Sick". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- Lydia Oile (April 2019). "Lydia Oile: Uganda". Linkedin.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- MTN Uganda (17 March 2017). "Profile of Lydia Oile: Nominee MTN Women In Business Awards 2016" (PDF). Kampala: MTN Uganda. Retrieved 3 April 2019.