The General Manager of Kasem Sugar Factory, Mr. Tegenu Genamo, announced that the factory having the capacity to produce six thousand quintals of sugar a day would soon operate at full capacity in a month, Walta Information Center reported.

Mr. Tegenu stated that the factory’s production capacity will hit 1.1 million by the end of this fiscal year adding at full capacity; it will produce 1.5 million quintals of sugar per year. Its sugarcane plantation occupies 20,000 hectares of land, of which only three thousand hectares have been developed.

He further added that the factory currently employed five thousand workers with 16 per cent of the workforce being females and hopes to employ seven thousand workers when at full capacity.

The Chinese government funded the construction of Kesem Sugar Factory project through a loan amounting to USD 226.7 million.

The factory’s Deputy General Manager of Public Mobilization, Mr. Hassen Dawud, also spoke of the huge job creating role of the factory for the locals. The factory also produces animal feed and promotes the expansion of agriculture through encouraging locals to plant sugarcanes on their farms for shared benefit.

He added that a dam with a capacity to hold 500 million cubic meters of water has been built to avoid water shortage.

Source: Walta Information Center