RUVUMA, June 23 -- IN a moment that felt more like a plot twist than standard development news, the Ruvuma Regional Police Force publicly tipped its cap to none other than Namtumbo Member of Parliament Vitta Kawawa, whose stature may be modest, but whose efforts have towered tall.

Mr Kawawa, who also chairs the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security, is now the official “architect of hope” in Namtumbo.

Why? Because thanks to his unrelenting push, Namtumbo now boasts of a modern, well-designed police station-one that finally allows law enforcement officers to serve in dignity, rather than dodging termites in a crumbling, borrowed building that was already marked for demolition.

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