Hospital Buy-and-Build: C-Care Adds Kampala's Roswell Hospital and Eyes Kenya and RwandaHospital Buy-and-Build: C-Care Adds Kampala's Roswell Hospital and Eyes Kenya and Rwanda
Key Highlights
- C-Care, majority owned by CIEL, says it completed the purchase of Roswell Hospital, a 30-bed women's hospital in central Kampala that treats more than 30,000 patients a year.
- The price and size of the stake were not disclosed, and the deal takes C-Care's Ugandan network to six hospitals and 17 clinics, with plans to expand into Kenya and Rwanda.
- CIEL's healthcare division revenue rose 18% to KSh 14.06B ($108.2M) over nine months to March, and profit after tax rose 29% to KSh 1.21B ($9.3M), as it lifted its C-Care stake to 74.97%.
C-Care, the East African hospital group controlled by Mauritius's CIEL, has bought a women's hospital in Kampala and says Kenya and Rwanda are next.
C-Care announced that it has completed the purchase of Roswell Hospital, a 30-bed facility in central Kampala that treats more than 30,000 patients a year, with the deal closing on 8 September. The group did not disclose the price or the size of the stake it acquired. Roswell specialises in women's health, maternal and child care, gynaecology and fertility treatment. Dollar figures here are converted at KSh 129.94 to the dollar.
What the purchase adds
The deal takes C-Care's Ugandan network to six hospitals and 17 clinics. In June its Gulu outpatient centre became a 45-bed inpatient hospital, and the Mukono and Mbale facilities were upgraded to full hospitals. C-Care says it will integrate Roswell, share resources across facilities and upgrade medical equipment.
Azhar Sundhoo, chief executive of C-Care East Africa, said: "We are pleased to welcome Roswell Hospital into the C-Care family." The group marked 30 years in Uganda this year.
CIEL's growing stake
CIEL raised its stake in C-Care International from 66.61% to 74.97% over the nine months through March, investing 417 million Mauritian rupees (KSh 1.17B, $9M). Over the same period its healthcare revenue rose 18% to KSh 14.06B ($108.2M), and profit after tax rose 29% to KSh 1.21B ($9.3M). CIEL has six business units and more than 37,000 employees, and the Dalais family controls the group.
What Kenya would mean
C-Care has said it plans to expand into Kenya and Rwanda. The material reviewed gives no timetable, location or budget for Kenya, so the plan is an intention, not a commitment.
Any Kenyan hospital would operate in a system where billing runs through the state insurer. As Mwenendo earlier reported, SHA replaced NHIF and a hospital needs a signed contract to bill the scheme, and Mwenendo earlier reported on how hospitals will handle billing through their own systems.
In Summary
- Who made the purchase?
- C-Care, the East African hospital group majority owned by Mauritius's CIEL.
- What did it buy?
- Roswell Hospital, a 30-bed women's hospital in central Kampala; price and stake size were not disclosed.
- When did the deal close?
- C-Care says it closed on 8 September; the announcement came in October 2026.
- Where does the group operate?
- Uganda, with six hospitals and 17 clinics after the deal, and plans to expand into Kenya and Rwanda.
- Why does it matter for Kenya?
- C-Care has said Kenya is a target market, but no timetable, location or budget has been given.
- How is the parent financing its push?
- CIEL raised its C-Care stake from 66.61% to 74.97% over nine months through March, investing KSh 1.17B ($9M).
