[9] The contract for a feasibility study and preparation of tender documents, worth US$3.8 million, was awarded to a consortium consisting of the engineering firms Fichtner (lead) and Norplan.

[10][11] In July 2013, Ugandan media reported that the construction contract had been awarded to the China International Water & Electric Corporation, a Chinese government-owned power company.

[13][14] As of April 2018, according to the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited, the project was 86 percent complete, with total cost quoted at US$567.7 million.

[15] The most recent design includes a 0.5 kilometres (1,600 ft) bridge on top of the power station that will span the Victoria Nile and provide another crossing across the river.

The contractor was instructed by the government of Uganda, to construct a 3.5 kilometres (2 mi) public bridge, downstream of Isimba Dam, at a cost of USh24 billion (US$6.7 million).

[18] In April 2013, Ugandan print media reported that the government of India had extended a credit line worth US$450 million (about UGX:1.1 trillion) for construction of the dam.