Morning mist rises over the Isimba Dam on the White Nile, one of the most important hydropower projects located in Uganda. /CWE Photo

China International Water & Electric Corporation is the contractor who has been managing the engineering, procurement and construction of the project, which aims to ease the power shortage in the East African country. /CWE Photo

The project, which is estimated to cost 568 million US dollars, comprises of a concrete gravity dam, a clay-core rock fill dam, a spillway, a powerhouse with four Kaplan turbine generator units and auxiliary power transmission works. /CWE Photo