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Producing electricity from sugar in Uganda

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The Kinyara sugar factory in the Masinidi region of Uganda produces power for the grid by burning sugar cane residue.

The BBC's Egon Cossou has been talking to John Tesserach, who is in charge of energy production at the facility.

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