Tanzania, April 6 -- Njombe. A former inmate in Njombe Region has been handed construction tools by the Tanzania Prisons Service following the completion of his sentence, in a move aimed at supporting his reintegration into society.

Njombe Regional Prisons Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Prisons (ACP) Joseph Michael Mkude, presented the tools at the weekend, on behalf of the Commissioner General of Prisons (CGP) Jeremiah Yoram Katungu.

Mr Mkude said the gesture fulfilled a promise made by the Prisons chief during a previous visit to the region. He noted that the beneficiary, Mr Rashid Salehe Shemndorwa, was among inmates who received vocational training in construction at Ruanda Prisons Training College in Mbeya Region.

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