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Uganda’s Owen Falls dam: a colonial legacy that still stings, 67 years later
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 ...
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Uganda’s Owen Falls dam: 67 years later, still a stinging colonial legacy
It is about 85 kilometres east of Kampala. At the time, the governor of the Protectorate of Uganda, Sir Andrew Cohen, wrote that the Owen Falls dam would open new horizons of opportunity and ...
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Uganda's Owen Falls Dam - a Colonial Legacy That Still Stings, 67 Years Later
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 ...
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Uganda's Owen Falls Dam: A Colonial Legacy That Still Stings, 67 Years Later
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 ...