Olive Kigongo

In 2002, Olive Zaitun Kigongo was elected as the first woman president of the Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry. As of January 2018, she is still the leader of the organisation, formed in 1933, although her leadership has come under criticism and challenge.

Olive Kigongo lived for over 26 years with Moses Kigongo, a high-ranking politician in the ruling National Resistance Movement political party. She is the mother of five children. According to court papers, in 1992, the couple performed a customary wedding ceremony called Okuhingira, at her parents' home in Western Uganda, however Al Hajji Moses Saku Kigongo disputes that. She changed her name from Olive Makambera to Olive Kigongo. The couple developed differences in their business and personal relationships, they separated and then sued each other. The lawsuits are still winding their way through the Uganda court system.

Olive was born in Mbarara District, in the Western Region of Uganda. In 1987, one year after the National Resistance Movement (NRM) captured power in Uganda, Olive met Al Hajji Moses Kigongo, the vice chairperson of the NRM and the two started living together. Moses provided resources and Olive supervised the construction of a residential house at 13 Kololo Hill Drive, in the upscale neighborhood of Kololo, in Uganda's capital city of Kampala. In 1990, three years from the start of construction, the house was completed. The two of them moved into the residence and started to raise a family.

Olive Zaitun Kigongo (née Olive Makambera) (born in 1964), is a Ugandan businesswoman, entrepreneur and corporate executive, who serves as the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry.