Abwooli Olive was born to the Late Yehoyada Karamagi and Mrs. Margaret Karamagi on 29th November 1959 in Buhinga Hospital. She is the 3rd born of seven children- Late Rosemary Karamagi, Timothy Rubongoya, Anne Karamagi, Lillian Tumuheirwe, Christine Osenga and Samson Karamagi.
She went to Kitumba and Kabarole Primary Schools and thereafter to Old Kampala Secondary School. She went on to do a Diploma in Stenography at Reeswood College, Nairobi. She later persued 2 Diplomas in Business Administration and Procurement respectively from Uganda Management Institute.
Olive was blessed with Children including Julienne, Betty, Sanyu, Olivia, Allan, Jonathan, Joel, Lt. Paul, Martin and Dorothy. She treasured, most dearly, her grand children Bobby, Mickey, Bella, JV, Sandra, Gabby, Kisha, Michelle, Mikael, Manuela and Tyler. Olive was also a mother to the Kwatiraho children, but such was her love that there are many more amongst us that called Olive mom.