“Do you think my re-election has anything to do with academic qualifications? It has everything to do with my work,” says Makwana, reeling off his daily schedule. “I am up at four in the morning and if there have been complaints relating to water supply or something that affects individual or community life in my ward, I am on the spot. Despite my early morning rounds, I am in my ward office by 9 am, where I remain up to 1 pm, when I break for lunch to be back by four and stay put till eight. All the while attending to people’s problems,” he adds.