Our Vision
To be the excellent government institution that helps the life styles of the community in a beneficial way to the society.
Our Mission
To provide a service in line with the government policies,uplift the life styles of the society through a planned, efficient development process consisting of proper co-ordination of resources and participation of the people.
History of Kahawatta Divisional Secretariat
Kahawatta is one of the 17 divisions in Ratnapura District, which is most popular for Gems nowadays in Sri Lanka. It consists of 10,205 Hectare Land area, and it is 3.1% of the total district land area. It has also included 21 Grama Niladari divisions.
Even it called as Kahawatta, In past, the "Nugawela division" was the main division in this area. According to the legend, this area was popular for providing "Turmeric" to the ancient Maha Saman Devalaya of Ratnapura. Because of that, this area called as Kahawatta, which means "Turmeric Garden/Turmeric area". Also,Today we can see a village named as "Kahawathu kanda" near to Ketethenna area, which belongs to Saman Devalaya of Ratnapura. In Later, Centering the important locations such as Police Station, Hospital and Village fair in this area, people named Kahawatta to the whole division.
Role performed at DS
| Name | Designation | From | To |
| Mr.A.M.B.Welipola | DRO | ||
| Mr.A.B.Thalathune | DRO | 1958 | 1974 |
| Mr. G.Mudannayake | DRO | ||
| Mr.H.M.D.Herath | DRO | ||
| Mr.S.M.B.W.M.Manthripala | DRO | ||
| Mr.I.D.Danapala | DRO | 1974 | 1979 |
| Mr.S.P.S.Senadeera | DRO | 1979 | 1988 |
| Mr.G.Satharasinghe | DRO | 1988 | 1991 |
| Mr.S.S.Weththamuni | AGA | 1991 | 1992 |
| Mr.G.E.Chandrarathna | Divisional Secretariat | 1992 | 1995 |
| Mr.D.W.Jayasiri | Divisional Secretariat | 1995 | 1997 |
| Mr.J.A.Ranjith | Divisional Secretariat | 1997 | 2000 |
| Mr.J.M.Devapriya Wijeraja | Divisional Secretariat | 2000 | 2005 |
| Mr.Dayananda Kolambage | Divisional Secretariat | 2005 | 2011 |
| Mr.B.A.C.P.Bamunuarachchi | Divisional Secretariat | 2012 | 2017 |
| Mrs.B.T.Gayani I Karunarathna | Divisional Secretariat | 2017 | 2022 |
| Mr.B.S.G.Ruwansiri | Divisional Secretariat | 2022 | 2024 |
| Mrs. Sanjeewani Kandambi | Divisional Secretariat | 2024 | Until Now.. |
