The dam was named Owen Falls dam because it was constructed just below [north] and these had been named after Dr. David Owen the then British foreign secretary by Sir Church hill Winston.

In 1947, English engineer Charles Redvers Westlake recommended the construction of a hydroelectric dam at Owen Falls that was supposed to be East Africa’s largest power project. The governor of ...

In 1947, Sir Charles Redvers Westlake, an English engineer, reported to the Colonial Government of Uganda, recommending the construction of a hydroelectric dam at Owen Falls near Jinja ...