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THIS MOVIE IS DOCUMENTARY AND FOR EDUCATION

PURPOSES ONLY

DRAMA

THE STREET PSYCHO

FINAL DRAFT

Written By Gira Emmanuel

(Voice narrates) as credits rolls

The street child problem has been a long increasing concern over the

past decade. Poverty, war and HIV/AIDS…

have caused the numbers to rise sharply in the past few years, and

the exact number of street kids in Uganda unknown because…..nobody

CARES.

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The children leave home due to poverty…. Mistreatment….parental

death….peer pressure…….and civil wars talk of N Uganda.

NOTE {as the narrator explains , the credits on the screen roll on

and the scenes are shown projecting every single issue as for the matter

of understanding the script}

Many leave home in their villages and go to towns to try make a

living on the streets, they face great difficulties including sleep

deprivation from lack of good shelter, ……… malnutrition, diseases,

…..physical…..sexual and mental abuse,….. as well as a marked

decrease in their self-esteem caused by their internalization of social

disapproval…

Many of the children take up drinking or using drugs to help them

deal with the harsh realities of street life………..[credits roll showing

evidence]

Some go on searching and stealing idle scrap metals or plastics as a

way of earning some money…….

Others do potter jobs, hawking and selling low price items…….

[credits roll as we see several kids with the harsh working days ]

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Many are often mistreated on the streets by bitter hearted

individuals…..government security agencies…..and as well the local

government authorities….hence facing hostility, beatings, harassment,

rape and occasionally deaths

Imprisonment is also a possibility in government run rehabilitation

centers used for street kids and juvenile delinquents……..

These centers are well known for their lack of facilities and rough

treatment of the children there

There is nothing painful as being homeless

Its often emotional and physical abuse…. Combined with poverty

that drives the children in the streets of Uganda

They go huffing jet fuels,….. only God knows how the hell they get

them… may be some well off maniacs do supply them……… and

probably believe they own these kids….

They send them on streets…for deadly missions…theft, robbery and

snatching from whoever comes their lone way.

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And what does the world say? FINE…..we’re all created equal. But

those scandals give napoleon, “the animal farm” a thumb up. He was

definitely right.

“ All animals are created equal……..but some are more

equal[credits roll…All we need in this generation is an incredibly smart

decisions] [voice continues to narrate]

We need not to forget our social needs. We as a society are

obligated to provide food and shelter for those who are unable to provide

for themselves ……[ credits… then we view organizations and well-

wishers provide for the kids and the homeless]

It wont take us nowhere to give to the dead, as we always do honor

them…..they won’t know anything. They can’t tell you thank you friend,

but try it before they are dead… you will have changed a life. We can

change lives, since we have the limited time and freedom to actively

venture through…. But not death, the abortion LAW must be maintained

to protect the rights to life and also maintain freedom of womens choice

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We must encourage the return of traditional moral values, curbing

violence, and graphic sex on televisions

Most importantly we must promote general social concern and less

materialism in young people and pray out for God to grant us the serenity

to accept the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we

can and wisdom always to tell the differences in the evil desires, pride

and unwanted curiosity.

But for the rigid, its a no compromise anymore. You have to make a one

way decision, and that is…

FADE IN:

Several shots of town view…and street corridors as we PAN TO a

filthy suburb in the ancient city of LANGO. We zoom to a metallic

ghetto door and…SLUM!!!!The door is shut with reverberation as an

unrecognized figure disappears inside.

A BEAT…then we hear muffled male voices as we close up onto

the door…through the keyhole, ..then inside…View of several figures,

some seated…or standing and others at a dark corner.

INDOOR SOUNDS [male authoritative voice]

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Hey, I say gimme that shit now…get it out A BEAT….just tell me

what I want to hear kid,..NOW!....the whole house reacts with a who the

hell do you think you are? As seen from the silhouetted figures.

BOY PLEADS:

Captain please…I failed to track him….I mean I lost him ….as

CAPT cuts him short…

You lost him like you lost your mama! Hey lossy boy! Are you

forgotten who you are?....CLOSE UP as CAPT sniffs some white

substance…stiffens his face, wriggles nose and widely opens his paper

red eyes starring at us.

VOICE#1. PLEADS:

Ahh…kay..gimme just 23 hours and I promise to put him down.I

mean I’ll tail him when it gets dark….and won’t let him loose this

time.EVERYBODY GIVES HIM A WATCH OUT FOR YOUR

WORDS LOOK,

VOICE#2

…..Ah look guys, we all know the laws and A BEAT …as we see

the silhouetted figure bend down…then sneezes abruptly [aaghprrrr]

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VOICE#2 CONTINUES;

Only if we work together this time.Everyone of us got a duty here,

so we wont get HIM in trouble alone every day. Ama fed up guys,we all

got two balls like all’a enemies!. .so no shit anymore(as he acts as

careless)

CAPT;

Excellent!, super excellent ma niggi, AS HE LOUGHS

CONTINOUSLY…HAHAHAHA HA…now you just did, what my

mama never taught me. Lemme wait 23 hours,…that what you

said,,hmmmm, you know the rules yes, …(as he moves his head closer to

the boy)…a beat as we scan through the faces…then

POV OF THE BOY PLEADING.(a cute skinny boy of 17 we will

call him JOHN)

JOHN:

We got to use three of our girls. At least that way, we can easily trail

and get him pinned. CAPT CUTS IN: And that, you’re now talking

Johnny! Only that id wish your sister play a part in this game…JOHN

TRIES TO PROTEST BUT…CAPT ignores him.

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JOHN:

But look, Nana is all I got and i…CAPT CUTS IN…Blah

blahbblah…and you’re all we got John, this isn’t about emotions kid, its

sacrifice…self and brotherhood sacrifice. And these goes to all of you.

Never trust the dogs out. We don’t know what we got…because things

keep on changing. And life will take us anywhere, its not a

compromise…but life is to live greedy, and that’s what the foxes out

claim to be hope and love. And keep it in your minds, we don’t love, we

don’t hope, but we live to get whatever we want in life!!!!

CUT TO;

EXT CITY STREET…DAY;

We focus on several shots of the busy town streets with hundreds of

sophisticated machines racing by, humans as masters keeping at pace.

Mafia dogs(ngekongeko) stride by heading for the garbage bins and

abartiours.

The unbearable sounds of traffic and welding machines ….as

hundreds of pedestrians unlawfully crowd the pavements and roads….

each struggling for a fair day.

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WEPAN TO….two LANE way at the zebra crossing;

A man scans lawfully to the left, half right, and he’s now tearing

through…and then SQUEEEERRRRR…. the truck breaks yell..as

BEEPBEEPBEEP! We hear the horns creating more pressure from

distant machines behind.

OLD MAN

Hey you idiot…didn’t you go to driving college? or new to town?

This is ZEBRA crossing and you threatening me,eh(as he tries to advance

towards the driver’s side and points with anger sharpened face)Now look

‘at what you’ve done to my tomatoes…(as the racks go deformed on the

ground)

CAR DRIVER

Just shut it up old man, shut up…look here, you’re not ZEBRA man,

….the rules are clear. Keep left!

And you just broke the LAW so ….as the crowd has started to

gather, some getting on to confront the driver. We hear police sirens

getting louder and the crowd instantly react, most backing off the scene.

The man at the scene, turtled by what he should do about his tomatoes

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and the idiot driver,….he mumbles …this learner gonna compensate my

time and tomatoes, and making me look a fool, and…DRIVER CUTS IN

..and get out of my way now!!as he roars the engine, but the police

already has got to em.

ZOOM TO:

THREE YEARS AGO…

EXT MAIN MARKET/DAY

We focus on a swirling mass of sandals, we PAN to the torso and

realize several kids, most of them teens with a few homeless adults, all

seated low or standing along the sidewalks. Most have got blank but

pleading faces…they beg for food, for change. Just anything that can give

them a day. Pathetic and broken,they are ignored by the country’s biers

LAWS. We focus on walls and electric poles, all have posters…

{GIVING TO STREET CHILD CRIMINALIZED.GOV’T NOTICE}

A kid holds out an arm, trying to beg a passerby on a business suit.

KID;

Help me please, am hungry…as the man ignores and disappears in

to the crowd. A young filthy kid with a shaggy mane of dreadlocks

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finishes off a with a plastic bottle of MIRINDA ORANGE SODA and

pees in to the bottle, then tosses to a veranda as fun trap…who knows?

CUT TO EXT TOWN CORRIDOR;

A garbage truck strolls by and we view its POV as several kids

struggle to get first for food. A littlant reaches for a package bag, checks
in and sends a half-eaten MANDASI home, smiles and stuffs his hand to
his pocket, gets a bottle of MIRINDA O’..opens and ready to send it
home when,,,,khock! an older, rude and tough looking boy pocks the kids
head. Before the kid can react, the bully has snatched and started the
yellow drink home already when…. spshrrrrshh...he spits in agony.
And fast as a cat, he grabs the kids collar bone tight and presses it,
pushes in his long fingers as the kid yells in pain.
BULLY;
You fool, you think you so smart? Lemme teach you this lesson…he
slaps the kid on face and sends him flying to the ground KRRRAP!
SHOTS OF OTHER younger kids suffering the same experience.
VOICE NARRATES;(V.O)
Its CLEAR the evolution LAWS work here… SURVIVAL FOR
THE FITTEST. Organisms which are not well adapted to certain
environments are weeded out while those with good adaptations survive
and pass on their genes to the next generation. But what do we expect
when the truth is kept secret? Everybody knows and have the sense of
humor. We all accept pain, believe in poverty as suffering, wish
innocently to help the needy, but only remember that after pretending we
didn’t see the side walk beggar. We wishing tomorrow…until we become
beggars aswel. Anyways, street life is not a new scandal to the globe
today. Centuries ago, shots of olden time towns with filthy beggars and
mad gangs. VOICE CONTINUES……But with this modern world,
things have just got a little crazy. And surely ironic. Whatever it is we are
trying to create within, it’s at the climax. Maybe we’ll get to know the
other side of life. I mean death, it’s so sad none of us can tell about death.
Who knows, I too believe death could be one of the greatest gifts GOD
has given to mankind. Well, I don’t pretend to know God’s will, but am

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sure of one thing …. the LORD always has a good reason, perhaps he lets
these happen because he needs you…maybe for some higher calling.
Hey, am not all that preacher thing, but am only trying to believe LIFE in
its realities
CUT TO EXT CITY STREET LANE
View of two silhouetted figures standing shoulder to shoulder.
FIGURE #1;
We gotta wait until the idiot completely feels safe…maybe tail him
to vulnerable state.(he keeps his eyes on Tom’s car)
FIGURE #2
Hey step bro, what do you mean this time? VULNARABLE….
( scratching his bums roughly)
FIGURE #1
Just follow me. The ideas will get us there…(he swallows hard )
FIGURE #2
You’re right or wrong ..step, but let’s see where the sonnovahe goat
heads.(laughter’s)
CUT TO INT TOM’S CAR.
His POV of three young teens walking by. BEEP…
EXT: CITY STREET SIDE PARKING (LATE EVENING)
BEEP BEEP! Sounds like a gimme way at first …but later we view
a hand waving for the girls from the BEEPING car’s side shield.
The distant silhouetted figures now are moving closer to the scene
but stops as meaning not to be seen.
EXT TOM’S CAR
The three girls hurry each portraying a secret hope for the catch.
They all wave their tiny fingers ….saying hi.
TOM;
NANA) beautiful can we have a night?(he smiles evil)
NANA

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Fine, my usual life. Am coming right.

TOM
(TO THE TWO REMAINING GIRLS ….hope this will keep you
bitches better../he hands them two brown bottles)As they depart from
scene.
CUT TO INT TOM’S CAR
It looks as neat and mannish…with several brown bottles of some
unknown liquid and beer at the back seat. Nana looks through ..then rolls
her eyes, without trying to catch TOM’S eye line. She then wears a blank
cute, but troubled face.
TOM;
Hey cutie..lady (turns to get her eyes but she won’t give a damn. she
keeps her eyes away)well, am TOM. Call me Uncle Tom if you like.
I guess you understand me better than those bottles you’re staring at.
Eh? as he offers his hand for a shake of culture. NANA HESITATES,
THEN SLOWLY TURNS AND GIVES A LAZY SMILE.
TOM
Oh sorry young lady…I always forget the rules. He begins to extend
a hand behind to pick up a jet fuel…as he speaks…I think I got some…
Nana CUTS
NANA
Okay MR Fuel, to where now? And please lemme know if it’s a
whole night business or…and don’t think am that foolish to get drunk
right. Am in for business..not huffing your soup. SHE KEEPS STARING
STRAIGHT AHEAD.
TOM;
Well, we got several lodges in this town…..but we cant use one. Let
me take you to a hotel please, he looks straight at her and smiles. She
doesn’t respond. Something seems unusual about Nana…he thinks as he
narrows his eyes!
INT CAR:POV Of a beautiful runaway to a still blurred building.
We move closer to round a four storied building and several expensive
cars parked.

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He takes left….a beat with total silence then parks the car and A
BEAT… he glances at the side mirror then kills the engine.
EXT PARKING LOT
Two figures dash to a dark veranda and get out of view.
INT CAR: Tom
Ooh waaweeh, baby this gonna be our birthday! Come on don’t your
mama teach you to be nice to good men like me?
Look, I gotta a lot of money to give you…a beat…then he resumes
cmon baby just come gimme (he smiles widely)
Nana does not interrupt but just stares out…Completely lost in
thoughts.We close up to her strikingly beautiful face and realize tears
drain out of her red eyes.She give a sigh and … majestically moves out of
the car.WE PAN on to the co driver door side and see TOM holding open
the door for Nana to move out.
TOM:
As he closes the door, he looks around as if scanning for anyone
following them.
EXT CAR PARKING:
Tom claims…Hey baby it’s okay now, ah aam lets get in. They push
through a large door and scan through the reception room.
CUT TO:INT HOTEL RECEPTION
NICE HOTEL WITH A CLUB ATMOSPHERE, A FEW STAFF
MOST OF WHO ARE YOUNG GIRLS IN EARLY TWENTIES…
FEMALE STAFF#1, calls out
Hello Sir, how can we help…BEFORE SHE COMPLETES, TOM
INTERRUPTS
TOM:
Hmm maam I need a room for two. Hope you foxes got no demn
bedbugs around in here..HE LOOKS TO NANA WHO ALL SEEMS
NERVOUS.
STAFF#1: (WHO WE ARE GOING TO CALL SARAH)

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Okay Mr. Fox you got yourself one lucky room and here you go…
SHE HANDS HIM a key…POV written as ROOM 7.
TOM:
Oh, TO NANA...seven means a lot to me…the day God rested, but
I’ll be busy till that time aaama…HE looks straight to Nanas iris as she
merely shrugs and and give a teasing smile this time
TOM:
Wow that’s my girl! Now we can be baby,...he then puts his hands
around her shoulder and through the corridor they stagger as POV.. they
disappear to a room.
CUT TO INT: RECEPTION
STAFF#2 (WHO WE ARE GOING TO CALL JANE)
JANE:
I just hate the way some people reason. ..SARAH TRIES TO
IGNORE BUT JANE HURRIEDLY CONTINUES… look girl, I just left
that shit business.
SARAH CUTS IN:..woa, you now call it shit? After you surviving
with it, just cease your… A BEAT… negativity and try to be positive as
I always do!I don’t have the idea as to why you should care anyway, I
wish you stop stressing yourself about others` issues! Girl, that’s her
life…now struggle for yours because you wont change what she`s meant
to be. WITH AN ANGUISH EXPRESSION ON HER FACE.
Okay Sarah,… I get you but I didn’t know you could be that selfish.

CUT TO:INT MAN`S HOME

Wife WHO WE ARE GOING TO CALL MAGGIE…she looks
pissed up and unsettled…AT A DISTANT VIEW WE SEE HER
APPROACH AND OPENS A DOOR.As she closes up, we take a
blurred, and then a clear view of two little children curling under a
blanket..deep asleep.

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CLOSE UP OF Maggie’s face, pale with tight angry lips…that she

bites continually. She then closes the door and walks to her bed, picks a
dial and tries a number that goes BEEP BEEP BEEP but no answers.
CUT TO: INT HOTEL BED ROOM 7
Nana dashes to the bathroom and closes the door behind her…all we
can hear are muffled sounds as she vomits and sobs.
TOM SEATS BACK ON A NEAT BED ,QUIET WITH A
SURPRISE LOOK ON HIS FACE
CUT TO INT BATHROOM
Nana grabs a towel and clutches it to her chest, runs water down her
face and dries with the towel. She then weakly runs down her hands OUT
OF OUR VIEW and brings to scene several white tablets(aspirin), rises
her head and drains the pills home.
CUT TO INT RECEPTION ROOM
JANE CONTINUES:
Don’t get me wrong, but I once had that experience…(A BEAT OF
SILENCE) then SHE CONTINUES…I mean am was a sex slave WITH
A CROACKED VOICE SHE CONTINUES…that’s how I survived,
nhmmm not that I preferred it so, but conditions forced me and I felt I
had nothing left to do…CUT TO SCENES OF HER PAST…SHE
CONTINUES…I had no true friends, everyone seemed only to have
wanted something in return for their time with me. That experience made
me realize the saddest thing on this damn earth is to have nobody by your
side, to have no relative.
She looks out window…A BEAT an unusual silence .SARAH
BREAKES IN…Ah sad, what of your parents, am certain you’ve never
talked about them here.
JANE:
I never saw my parents to my senses, I grew up an orphan…or
maybe more…and when the woman who took care of me died, that was
when I realized I had nobody to lean on.I was only 13 though,…
SARAH:(V.O)
But did she have any…JANE CUTS IN

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Her husband changed from then, could bring drunk women home at
night…and again and again. Sometimes he called me his wife and then
one day,..i mean one night…A BEAT…then he forced me to sex.
SILENCE AS WE VIEW AND REALIZE HOW LOUD AND OUT OF
CONTROL SHE HAD GOTTEN. SEVERYONE IN THE ROOM WAS
ATTENTIVE LISTENING TO THE STORY OF THE TWO.
Jane realizes and begins to sob. SHE CONTINUES…he then raped
me yet he was sick I mean HIV.
CUT TO EXT STREET:
Two silhouetted male figures close up to sight, it started raining
abruptly and they dash to join the other crowds at the hotels verandah.
#1(John`s friend, a well built dark skinned boy of say 16years.We
will call him Jacob)
JACOB:
Hey step,..(gasping for breath heavily).I got an idea…(still gasping)
…you wait me out here am going in to check.
JOHN:
Don’t you have any patience in you step? This is not a matter of just
starting…JACOB CUTS IN:
Ok we go together, and pin up that asshole!
JOHN:
No…no no…we have to plan. And to plan is to plan. I mean get
something done the smartest way possible …WAIT! (A BEAT…) yeah
that’s it.
JACOB:
So what is your point exactly? Plan plan plan you got any,..mmh?
JOHN(close up to his face, changes mood with a rude facial
expression)
This is about my sister you maniac (with a rough tone). you don’t
have any idea how I feel.
JACOB KEEPS CUTTING…No JOHN, not as you think. I know
exactly how you feel and am sorry about that brother.

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Let’s stop arguing and get to work..I mean now.

JOHN
I will kill that son nova bitch when I land on him… Wait.
CUT TO INT HOTEL ROOM:
TOM:
Hey baby, come on I can’t wait any longer… you no need to afraid
eh? After here you’re rich. I get you plenty money you know, that go
make your bay better. Just give me my happiness and my wallet is yours
babe, you get me,..eh? (HE SOUNDS DRUNK AND DRUG
INTOXICATED ALREADY) POV to his bare lower torso down to fancy
boxer and to the floor, we notice remains of Penegra. A drug for man
power and to the bed side, two bottles of jet fuel placed not tampered
with.
POV OF BATHROOMS DOOR EXT:
The door slowly opens to reveal the half naked Nana, staring
straight at TOM. She poses for a few seconds as if lost in thoughts…and
then pushes forward to the master.
TOM:
Now that’s what I call boobs! HE GUESTURES FOR HER TO
COME FORWARD AS, KEEPING IN HER EYE LINE;HE PICKS A
PILLOW AND PLACES ON HIS BARE THIGHS.
We notice NANA has something clutched in her hands … and tries
to slip it in her bag. At the spot, the man gets alert and…
TOM:
What the hell are you doing? Tell me what are you trying to hide,
eh?
CLOSE UP ON HIS DISTURBED FACE AND TREMBLING
LIPS…NANA nervously picks it out to reveal a cell phone
NANA:
Have it then…what did you think it is? Or you thought you lost
money, mhh, The TOM CUTS IN:

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Don’t play clever with me you bitch, and let me hope you didn’t
mess with my phone…AS HE DRAWS CLOSER TO NANA. He grabs
and checks for the dial, and latest is a name saved HONEY. He gets
perplexed with eyes wide open…you fool don’t tell me you talked to my
wife!
NANA:
I already did call her, but you are lucky she still won’t believe me…
maybe until you go give a proof home… and say you had a night prayer
with your elder sister. Good enough I sent her my photo. She giggles.
TOM:
You are finished. Want to play games with me, eh? You have made
the grand mistake of your life tonight and thank God you will have that
time to confess…AS HE ADVANCES TO NANA.
NANA:
You touch me, I hit you…WITH A HOPELESS TONE…and folds
her tiny fists and steadies herself ready to strike.
Then TOM swaggers up and advances even closer and closer then
suddenly NANA brings a lightning fast blow aimed to the TOMS face
but then he intercepts it effortlessly, and grasps her hands then pulls her
to his breath.
TOM:
Oh oh oh … now you have hurt my feelings. He puts his arms
around NANAS throat , pins her to the wall, then with a deadly roar,
plunges his face on her…lifts her up to the bed.
CUT TO INT RECEPTION:
JANE: STILL SOBBING…
And so I decided I go on to prostitution afterwards…then by Gods
grace, I met a savior one day.
SARAH:
Girl what are you up to? SHE HOLDS JANE TIGHT AND CLOSE,
TRYING TO STOP HER.
Jane you are getting out of control, please just stop that!

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STAFF #4:
Please let her tell out her night mares. That could relieve her best…
go on honey,
JANE:
FLASH BACK 1 YEAR AGO…INT LODGE ROOM:
Mr. BEN, A WELL BUILT MAN OF ABOUT 32 WITH A BOLD
LOOK AND TIDY BEARDS, ALL DECSENT HEAD TO TOE;
Mr. BEN: SEATED ON HIS BED, AND JOTTING DOWN SOME
NOTES WE CANT VIEW.
THE DOOR BEHIND HIM OPENS AND A CUTE YOUNG
FEMALE MOVES SLOWLY FORWARD.
Mr. BEN: WITHOUT TURNING BACK
What do I call this?
JANE:
Its room service…
Mr. BEN:
But I didn’t order for one,..(JANE STOPS STRAIGHT AWAY
AND STARTS STEPPING BACK)
JANE:
Oh sorry but I work on order…and nobody would ever want to miss
this..(AS SHE STRIPS OFF HER DRESS TO THE FLOOR TO
EXPOSE HER CLEAVAGE, AND ADVANCES TO Mr. BEN WHO
LOOKS A LITTLE DISTURBED)
Mr. BEN remains silent as though no one is talking.
JANE ADVANCES AND AS SHE CLOSES TO BEN, WE PAN
TO HIS POV OF THE NOTES HE IS JOTTING.HE THEN SLIPS IT
TO HIS POCKET.
Mr. BEN:
Do you mind, if I ask you a question?
JANE: What?

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Mr. BEN:
Dress up first…JANE HURRIES ON TO HER DRESS AND
TURNS BACK TO FACE BEN…and have a seat please.
JANE:
What exactly do you want?
Mr. BEN:
A talk…just a talk with you. And I will pay you the amount you
charge for duty… JANE ONLY GIVES HIM A BLANK LOOK
Hmmm, do you love this what you do, I mean you got any passion
or ..something like that?...JANE REMAINS BLANK AND NO WORD.
Ok I understand but do you believe your life can turn around? Look,
it is as though you are enslaved into this, and I believe this shit is your
timely nightmare…A BEAT THEN…POV OF JANES EYES
SOACKED IN TEARS.
Mr. BEN
It is okay please, do not feel condemned because you are not alone,
not anymore. Just know God is taking over from here child. HE HANDS
HER A CARD AND WALKS OUT WITHOUT A WORD.
ZOOM TO CURRENT DAY…INT MOTEL RECEPTION
SARAH:
Oh what was the card all about? And didn't he ask for anything else?
JANE:
No, he did not ask for anything, but instead the card was about a girl
child empowerment through vocational training…and it had contacts for
some charity organization. So from that moment, I started believing more
in myself and accepting to face my fears…that is how I became a
decision maker.
SARAH AND ALL OTHER STAFF LISTENING GIVE HER
APPLAUSE
SARAH:
My hero friend!

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CUT TO INT HOTEL ROOM 7:

NANA is all terrified and tries to scream…the TOM quickly tries to
seal her mouth with his but the struggling catch wont admit. Down, the
TOM has his TUNIC MISSILE and is attempting to gain entry. NANA
keeps trying her luck to slip off or scream but the TOM now slums his
huge hands over her mouth…NANA bites it, he howls in pain with a
controlled scream. Now his juices start really progressing…as NANA
squirms against the wall, twisting and turning,…she is losing it, getting
weaker as the TOM finds his way through.
TOM:
Hold still bitch, how can I do it if you keep wriggling about? He
picks her by throat, turns and hits her at the MEDULLA REGION.
He sighs with relief…that’s better now. He resumes his cruel
intercourse with the unconscious NANA.
BLACK OUT:
INT HOTEL RECEPTION; TOM ENTERS WITH SUPERSONIC
WALK…
SARAH:
Sir, are you okay? HE DEFINITELY CANNOT HIDE IT…THE
GUILT IS MANIFESTING ALREADY.HE HURRIES TO THE EXIT
AS TRYING TO IGNORE ANY ATTENTION…
SARAH
Excuse me sir, AS SHE WALKS TOWARD TOM, WHO STOPS
INSTANTLY BUT NEVER TURNS TO LOOK BACK.
TOM:
Good night, I got an emergency please. And oh, ahhh I will pick up
my partner in the morning. THIS TIME HE TURNS THIRTY
DEGREES SO WE CAN ONLY PARTIALLY VIEW HIS FACE.
HE BOLTS OUT IMMEDIATELY
EXT HOTEL:
A drizzle had begun to fall shortly before TOM left the Hotel and
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can see pattering through trees and gurgling down the rain gutters. The
street corridors are dimly lit by security lights. Here and there, late night
pedestrians, club doers and security men are hurrying down the sidewalks
under umbrellas and women holding polythene bags to their heads.
In the alley across from the Hotel, TOM stands in the shadow and
watches back the motel main door…hurries off through the rain for his
car A BEAT and as he start the ignition..
CUT TO EXT VERRANDAH:
Down the block of four storey building, a pair of figures just visible
in the dimmed lights stand motionless…watching the TOM.
One figure, a taller one starts to walk towards the Hotel door,. And
disappears as the TOM watches
TOM:
I really smell a rat…this shit. HE IS NOW GETTING ALERT,
glances back at the former position the two figures were standing. This
time, it is only a police patrol truck packed by, just blocking off his view
of the figures.
IN AN ADRENALIZED TONE HE SHOUTS…what the hell am I
doing here?...As he turns on the ignition and before he accelerates, his
phone beep beeps beep. He picks it up and to our POV of the phone, it is
written HONEY.
He hesitates for a moment A BEAT … and then corrects his voice
and answers calmly.
Hello Hun, I have been to Gulu and still driving back please
CUT TO MAGGY: (MEDIUM SIZED AND UNDECIDINGLY
BEAUTIFUL)
I get you.
TOM:
I will get home in no less than twenty minutes…A BEAT AND
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Who had your phone twenty minutes ago, and now you claim to
reach home in less than thirty minutes? I get that…
TOM:
Oh no no no…not what you are thinking. I had left my phone at…
MAGGY CUTS IN
TOM you`re found of giving the same excuses every time I cage
you. Can`t you even try to play your games smart? I mean, you won`t be
giving me the same lie…at least play smart! SHE CALLS OFF.
INT CAR: TOM;
HE LEANS STRAIGHT BACK WITH HIS HEAD TO THE HEAD
REST, CLOSES HIS EYES, AND MUMBLES…Oh no, you`re not that
smart you can’t be. As he opens his eyes WE GET THE POV OF a dark
motionless figure standing right in front of THE TOM`S car, hands
staffed in the pocket of his jacket.
TOM:
He YELLS the hell out of his head…What the grace is going on
with you? HE SEATS UP AND ACCELERATES, GIVES MORE
IGNITION, AGAIN ANG AGAIN, but the figure won’t move a muscle.
TOM then flashes the head lamp signaling the figure to give way, but all
in vein. The figure starts to come closer towards the TOM`S car. Slowly
he then with draws his hands from the jacket to reveal a pocket knife and
a hammer. We suddenly hear a crushing sound and get POV of the car`s
side screen crushed. The boy hitting it repeatedly and…
CUT TO EXT CAR:
WE CLOSE UP TO THE FIGURE AND REVEAL JOHN.
JOHN: PANTING…
You are basted and just wait to regret and curse your mother for
your life tonight…
INT CAR:
TOM shouts with a muffled voice and we cannot hear what he is
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John yells… now shut it up! Just shut up you suck. HE STOPS
HITTING THE CAR, AND NOW ADRENALINE IS IN CONTROL.
HE IS BREATHING HARD…
Your colleagues are home with their wives, but you keep chasing
after our helpless girls. You think… HEY get the hell out of that car or
you face the wedding.
CUT TO INT CAR:
TOM YELLS…what the hell are you do, hey you maniac! Look I
got a chicken drum stick for you…HE SMILES WIDELY AT JOHN
AND PUTS HIM TO GUN POINT.
Well, for breaking my screen, I forgive you… AS HE MOVES OUT
GUN STILL POINTED AT HIS HOSTAGE. For letting me enjoy your
…HE SMILES EVIL AS TO MOCK JOHN HUNTER. But for wasting
my time, and playing clever at me with your DEAD whatever,…JOHN
REACTS TO THE WORD DEAD WITH A FLASHING EVIL LOOK
AT THE MAN…
TOM:
No need being rude my boy, I have you now and nothing you can do
about that. You tried to ruin my wife and I? Calling my wife to pin me, or
even ruin my reputation to the public? So bad for you now, I have no
option but blow off that pumpkin head.
EXT CAR: JOHN ALL NERVED UP:
Well, (HANDS SPREAD LIKE PROCLAIMING HE IS NOT
ARMED) go on you bustered. Do it now! Go ahead! Yes we have been
following you and we got you now, so what? Want to kill me, Dicky this
is your one chance. Come on, you don’t need to decide, just shoot me. Or
else I blow off your head..
As he speaks, WE ZOOM TO THE HOTEL DOOR EXT:
The door is kicked open BLAAM! And MIKE dashes out to the
point he had left John and Jacob, but to his surprise the point is empty.
HE MAKES A MERRY GO ROUND MOVE IN SEARCH FOR JOHN.
MIKE:
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AS JOHN HEARS HIM CLEARLY, HE REALIZES

EVERYTHING ABOUT NANA IS BECOMING A REALITY. John
reacts with a neuron shock instantly. He straightens as to start a winner
race, but unfortunately TOM won’t let him move a muscle. AS MIKE
CONTINUES TO CALL OUT, HE IS NOW GETTING CLOSER. AND
JOHN DECIDES TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET FREE OF
TOM.
JOHN: HE TURNS TO GET VIEW OF MIKE.
Mike over here, this sonno…AS SUDDENLY KUFF…HE
KNOCKS JOHN AT THE MEDULLA REGION WITH THE BARREL
OF HIS GUN AND A BLACKOUT WITH TOTAL SILENCE.A
BEAT…He drags JOHN to the back seat and hurriedly gets behind the
wheel. He then reverses furiously and gives a screeching feedback on
break… turns to the road and drives off like a car thief
MIKE: ALL PUZZLED AS HE SEES THE CAR DRIVE OFF
AND AS USUAL, NO SIGN OF JOHN…He tries to give a chase but
nothing works that way between man and machine. The car has
disappeared. Mike staggers across the street as he keeps cursing.
Shit! Why do you always run if truly you are a man? HE KICKS
THE GROUND AND TURNS BACK HELPLESSLY TO THE HOTEL
SIDE. A DARK FUGRE SIGNALS HIM AND HE RESPONDS
IMMEDIATELY BY RUNNING TO THE FIGURE.
FIGURE;
Hey friend, am SAM. Here to help you.
MIKE:
But how do I trust you, never seen you before! And do not tell me
you have been following us all along. I thought…HE KEEPS
SCANNING AROUND FOR A VIEW OF JACOB.
FIGRE CUTS IN: No brother. I am here solely to help you. Call me
FRED…He extends his hand for a shake…A BEAT THEN MIKE gives
in BUT WITH HIS FACE LOOKING FOR JACOB…
MIKE:
But that doesn’t mean I trust you. Two names, one Guy.? What if…
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shows MIKE his card. Your friend Jacob is already in touch with the
police over this matter.So keep it low. All I need is corporation now…
CUT TO INT HOTEL RECEPTION:
We now take a clear look at SAM FRED. About five point eight
feet, medium built and genuinely an innocent but seriously a tough look
on his face.
He heads straight for the reception table and stands leaning on the
table. Eyes straight at the staff that also look at him in a strange way.
STAFF #1 SARAH:
How can we help you sir? Look I am not being rude, but it’s pretty
late now and we don’t expect new visitors at such a time… SHE GIVES
HIM A TOUGH LOOK IN THE EYE.
SAM FRED:
If you can ma’am, and nobody is complaining. HE SCANS THE
ROOM FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN RESUMES… I need to see
through your booking list for tonight… Please, can I?
STAFF#2 JANE:
No sir that is outta our rules here… A BEAT. Unless you want us
fired.
SARAH:
And who do you think you are to look through that list? Any
identifications please?
SAM FRED: GRADUALLY GETTING PISSED OF AS HIS
FACE SHOWS TERROR.
Whatever you think, just give me what I asked for or you take this…
HE PULLS OUT A REVOLVER AND AIMS IT AT THE STAFF.
Now or I pull it!
SARAH:
No don’t pull anything please I still have a lot to do with my life. Is
this all you need, SHE HANDS HIM THE RECORD BOOK WHILE
SHAKING UNCONTROLABLY. THE REST OF THE STAFF IS
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SAM FRED:
Did anybody strange come in today? I mean acting strange. Am
looking for a man and a girl. Any information?
SARAH:
Oh take it easy please, we can help. We had the latest couple’s book
room number seven… and and the man though was acting strange, he just
left twenty minutes ago. SAM FRED CUTS IN:
And the girl?
JANE:
He says we should not disturb her…he will definitely pick her up in
the morning...ALL TREMBLING
SAM FRED:
And you think that is true, can you show me to that room?
A MALE STAFF ONLY PEEPS THROUGH, TOO SHOCKED OF
THE SCENARIO…
ZOOM TO INT MOTEL ENTRANCE DOOR:
KRRRRRRAAAK… MIKE enters in as though he was already
aware of what to do, walks majestically to SAM FRED.
SAM FRED:
Go check the room now. HE POINTS HIS GUN TO JANE… take
him through ma`am.
JANE reacts with shock, eyes wide open as though bad memories
are getting back to her.
SHE WALKS THROUGH THE CORRIDOR AHEAD AS MIKE
FOLLOWS…AND WITH HER TREMBLING HANDS ALMOST
HOLDING THE DOOR HANDLE WHEN …SAM FRED HAULTS
THEM
SAM FRED:
Hey stop don’t open that door…HE CLOSES UP AND KNOCKS
KOK KOK KOK,…anybody here? THERE IS STILL SILENCE IN THE
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BACK AND…OPENS THE DOOR WITH HIS GUN TRAINED AT

US,..THEN SCANS AS MIKE SHOUTS Nana!
INT ROOM 7:
MIKE:
There look! Nana! AS THEY ALL RUSH TO CHECK ON HER.
SAM FRED: HOLDING NANAS STILL BODY OFF BED
This is not good.Its not a good sign.
MIKE:
What, what do you mean? Is she okay, Nana!
SAM FRED:
She still got some life in her.We need an emergency now. And
Mike, let go for that idiot.
MIKE:(REACTS AND GURDS NANA AWAY FROM SAM
FRED)
Hey, am sorry but I don’t yet trust you. Why did you pull out your
gun on those girls at the reception?
SAM FRED:
I told you I am a police under cover. CID young kid, I cant go
advertising myself to everyone okay? Now I hope that's enough to let you
trust me. Give me way AS HE SPEAKES THROGH HIS WALKY
TALKIE…
CUT TO EXT CITY STREET.(NIGHT)
We view the sleeping town, very few objects in motion…AS WE
CLOSE UP ACROSS A STREET BUILDING, something unusual as we
did expect.
Some tough looking guys on black head socks, all armed with clubs
stand at the entrance to a corridor. WE CLOSE UP TO INT CORRIDOR
and see three boys, to who the oldest could be 25 are breaking through a
dead end of the corridor.
One is busy crating a hole …as the others sending tools.They all
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WE PAN TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING TO REVEAL A

POSTER…HABARI ELECTRONICS…as the gang finally break
through and collect several phones and expensive gadgets, and set off .
THUG #1 WHO WE REALIZE IS THE OLDER BULLY:
That was damn man, haha oh, AM TOO LOUD…hmmm we hit him
hard this time.Lets wait to hear the media wail tomorrow hahahaha.
THUG #2: LOUGHING TOO
AS THEY SCAN THE STREETS FOR ANY SIGN OF NOTICE…
ITS FINE AS WE SEE TWO SECURITY GUARDS DICUSSING
WHAT WE CANNOT GUESS, ALL UNAWARE OF THE
SITUATION.
Luckily; the thugs make it home to the darkness.
CUT TO INT NIGHT CLUB(NIGHT):
CLOSE UP ON SEVERAL COUPLES …Lone girls dancing in
groups and some pinned to the walls by men and boys.The music is
blasting the hell out of everyone in the hall and we can see from the joy
in their movements
ZOOM TO ANGLE INT NIGHT CLUB VIP..as the people dance to
a different tune, all with headsets on, though more gentle and organized.
CUT TO EXT HIGHWAY NIGHT:
WE PAN as a car head lamp flashes at us and comes to a stop. A
classic shoe steps out of the drivers compartment AND…WE POV Tom,
who looks around and fast as he can, opens the boot and pulls out John
to the ground. He then grabs him by legs and drops John to a nearby
bush.He hurries back to his car and drives off.
EXT NIGHT CLUB:
The clubs exit door bolts open as four boys stagger out, the middle
one proves drunk,..abit loosing balance as WE CLOSE UP ON THEM,
We realize the boys are as young as 14 or 17.One is busy smoking
while the other friend supports the out of balance friend.
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Can you guys leave me alone, wont you will you? You think am
drunk know you areee drunker, yes ask your mother because I got none
to ask. Will you wont y AS KGRRRRRAAAA HE VOMITS. The boy
holding him leaves him to the ground.
BOY AHEAD:
Oh Merry charisma, ALELE! You still wont handle yourself with
that one bottle, hahahahahaha man style up and know where to AS THE
DRUNK ALELE CUTS HIM..
THE DRUNK:
Handle myself, hihihihi you think am drunk, go ask your mama…
NOW WE HEAR POLICE SIREN GETTING CLOSER.
SUDDENLY ULTRA BRIGHT LIGHTS FLASH as they all react
to the tension. Six police men surround and beat up the boys , CRIES
AND WAILING
POLICE COMMANDER.
Enough boys! Take them in. THE POLICE MEN PULL THE
VICTIMS AND PUSH THEM UNDER BACK SEATS AS THE CAR
MOVES…
BOY#1
You idiots will face it rough one day… wait
POLICE #1
Just shut it up street bug. You want to try this paper spray? HE
SHOWS A BOTTLE TO THE KID WHO SIMPLY SHUTS UP.
CUT TO POLICE STATION DAY:
The kids, mixed up with some adults are all ushered out of the
police truck, some are lame walking to their new emergency home.
INT POLICE CELL DAY:
Filthy as you can imagine, the kids sit on the floor just hopeless and
anguish in thier expressions.
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We hear voices of the unseen and suddenly KHOK KHOK

KHOK…one guy yells
GUY#1:
Who that,
VOICE:
Its Mike…open come on!
WE TAKE A CLOSE UP AT THE ROOM, poorly furnished low
class items…but with some evidence of 21st C as a flat screen TV set,
monitor and a fridge. On the wall is written GANJA WORLD
CLASS..At another end are several charts of beautiful pictures and a
stack of small white bags and brown bottles, with a few utensils.
WE REVEAL CAPT…A well built , handsome boy, wearing a
worried face. Several other gang all stand in waiting for the bad news.
Some who where smoking pose with their cigers between fingers, calmly
eying MIKE.
CAPT
Well boy, what the hell is it? I hope you tell me what I want to listen
to…Or else, I skin you alive. HE SPEAKES WITH A CIGER AT THE
SIDE OF HIS MOUTH, BLOWING SMOKE AT US. A beat…then still
silence as all wait for MIKE to speak.
MIKE:
We followed TOM as planned, kept tailing on him and the girls did
their best. He picked NANA and…a
GUY #1 TALKATIVE:
What, what happened then?
CAPT CUTS IN;
Shut up. Just suck your thumb kiddo! ALL THE OTHER GUYS
TURN TO GIVE #1 A MOCK.
Some people talk alot and end up saying nothing. Now you will shut
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Ah..I was saying when I entered..the hotel…SCENE ZOOMS OUT

THEN WE CUT TO INT HOTEL.
MAIKE reaches the reception and stops behind the counter AS ALL
THE STAFF ARE IN SHOCK OF SAM FRED, FOR THE EARLIER
SCENARIO.
MIKE CONTINUES NARRATING:
We then got NANA lying very unconscious…I don’t know in what
state she is now, but that police took her to the hospital. THE WHOLE
ROOM FREEZES IN SILENCE .
MIKE CONTINUES:
Surely that idiot must have raped and forced NANA to drugs
GUY #1TALKATIVE:
Or any injuries, or blood in her nose, else where?
MIKE REPLIES AS QUICK BEFORE THE REST OF THE
HOUSE REACTED GUY TALKATIVE:
Neither blood nor bruises, but am sure what he did was dangerous
to her life.
WE PAN TO VIEW POV AT THE GHETTO HOUSE:
Everyone is silent, and we can see as tension is rising shown by their
expressions. If one can sense trouble, then the core could be in this boys.
CUT TO CAPT:
Okay now, think. Everyone think! Come on, do something…get me
that …HE POINTS TO THE WHITE BAGS ON THE STACK AND
THEN GREEDILY SNIFFS FROM A TABLE TOP.
GUY #2:
Hey Mike, what did you say about JOHN?…BLACK OUT
CUT TO EXT HIGHWAY DAY:
We zoom to the point JOHN was dropped…he isnt there now.
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We PAN through several beds, many occupied by patients, as nurses

moving by and attending to the patients. The camera rolls and CLOSES
TO AN OLD WOODEN DOOR WRITTEN EMERGENCY WARD.
CUT TO INT EMERGENCY ROOM:
A fewer number of beds and patients with their attendants, its the
traditional British set up to date. Two doctors appear to be finalizing their
duty on a patient at a corner.
Doc#1 OLDER:
What is the time now?
Doc#2 YOUNGER:
Aw,..it is already 8:45am…I gotta go get break tea now, am losing it
already.
Doc#1:
Not before we finish up with that poor boy…CLOSE UP TO
REVEAL John, lying helplessly on a hospital bed. His face is pale but
breathing steadily and his lips are desert dry, as an IV fluid runs down his
veins.
Doc#2:
Oh hah, any new information about him? I hate emergency duties…
they just get you to risk…now look at this..HE TALKS WHILE
POINTING TO THE IV LINE. Who could have started this, and leaves it
for me?
Doc#1:
No no no, take it easy kiddo. The report says he was beaten and left
unconscious at the road side some where. I think he is a street kid…most
probably a psycho. But its okay, lets get working on him. PROCEDURE
ON AN UNCONCIOUS PERSON.
Doc#1:
Well, lets pray nothing serious come out of this. I mean we wont
obtain consent for any procedure. We will miss out the matter of urgency
because it is not possible to wait until he regains consciousness. Just give
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Doc#2:
Its just a mild head injury…was hit by a thug with an hammer. Poor
boy, not good walking at night.
Doc#1:
Careful with such cases doc, these look mild but can progress to
catastrophic injury if we use an anti coagulant…so note that student.
Patients like these are always carefree , you treat them today, they feel
better, discharge them, tell them to come back for review, they go their
way. HE GIVES A HUGE SIGH… When things go wrong again, they
try another facility. Oh think we are fool, HE SHRUGS AS SWEAT
FALLS DOWN HIS CHEEKS.
Doc#2:
And now how sure are you he wont do a radio-graphic imaging
when he goes some where else? Am sure he wont tell them the truth…
looks even a street kid I don’t know why I should bother myself.
Doc#1:
Am glad you will have kids soon and get to know better what it
means to care.
Doc#2:
Well, but we will do our part and sorry I didn’t mean to get to hurt
your feelings on him. Okay give him an instruction sheet for head injury
care but the rest, only God knows.
Fine, we can discharge him today anyways, his CT scan reveals no
pathology and intoxication is cleared. Fluid resuscitation is completed
and the volume status normal…just needs intravenous fluids.
JOHN SUDDENLY COUGHS, TRIES OPENING HIS EYES BUT
THE RODS AND CONS WONT COLLABORATE. HE GIVE IT UP
AND TEARS FLOW DOWN HIS CHEEKS.
Doc#1:
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I feel like am lying on a filthy bed. What smell so horrible here?

Smells like…HE STOPS TALKING
Doc#1:
Oh yes you are but …I mean do you feel any pains, HE POUSES
STARRING AT JOHN AND RESUmes… okay, any strange feelings on
your body?
JOHN:
Just my toes Mr.
Doc #1 squeezes Johns toes but he doesn't react to the stimuli.
Doc#1:
Its fine boy, you will take this pills AS HE HANDS HIM SOME
PAIN KILLERS …and remember to have enough rest please then come
on Tuesday for review. THE TWO DOCTORS LEAVE THE ROOM
AND IMEDDIATELY, JOHN SEATS UP, STRETCHES AND
STARTS THE ESCAPE PLAN..
THE ROOM IS NOT CROWDED WITH STAFF AS BEFORE,
JOHN LIKES IT ALREADY. HE SCANS THE ENVIRONMENT AND
FINDS NO TROUBLE,…THEN SLIPS THROUGH THE EXIT DOOR
CUT TO EXT EMERGENCY WARD DAY:
John find it hard out here as we can see so many staff moving
around… he wares a face of confidence and walks through the walkways
back home..
CUT TO EXT GHETTO GROUND:
The whole gang is teamed up, many discussing and some are
huffing. MIKE LOOKS PALE AND LOST IN THOUGHTS.
CAPT:
We have lost a soldier niggas. John was one of the best…HE
LOUGHS IN FITS…HA AH HA AHHA, AS JOHN APPEARS
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CAPT:
Man you are dead! How the hell can this be? HE GIVES A
WORRYNG LOOK AS IF SAYING JOHN SHOULD HAVE DIED.
JOHN:
I now see. Mike where is Nana? HE ADVANCES WITH A
TERRIBLE SPEED TO CHECK AROUND.
MIKE:
Calm down brother, Nana is at the hospital. Tom got her first…I
mean he must have known our plans before. ALL THE OTHER GANG
LOOK AT MIKE, WAITING FOR EXPLANATIONS TO HIS
STATEMENTS.
CAPT:
What the hell do you mean?
JOHN CUTS IN:
Yes A BEAT… some body here must be the traitor. Why did one
expect me to be dead, and my sister?
KID #1:
I smell a rat. A big rat…AS HE TURNS AWAY.
MIKE:
Its true guys, something is not right here. It looks like we are
working for a.. CAPT CUTS IN:
Cant you people stop that foolishness and get to hit the point? You
all know Tom did all these.
JOHN:
Tom is not part of us. We are talking of a traitor here. Living and
standing right with us now.!
THERE IS A VERY AN UNCOMFORTABLE SILENCE AS ALL
THE KIDS AND BOYS LOOK AT EACH OTHERS EYES. IT TRUE
THEY KNOW THE TRAITOR BUT NONE HAS THE GUTS TO
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Capt you want to tell us something? EVERYBODY LOOKS IN

SHOCK BUT A FEW BOYS TEND TO IGNORE..
JOHN:
That could be true anyway CAPT CUTS IIN.. Nonsense you idiots!
Shut up all of you! You think any of you can challenge me? HE BRINGS
IN THE AUTHORATIVE VOICE AGAIN. AND NOW BOASTING IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE GROUP.
JOHN:
You don’t have those rights anymore capt, you take bribes for our
lives? Why capt, look at how far we came, none of us know their origins,
not even our fate tomorrow. We are just living at the mercy of the streets!
HE SOBS AS OTHR KIDS TOO BEGIN… now who should we trust if
we cannot be honest to ourselves? Definitely none of us intended to
come to this streets. We all had strange though could be similar factors,
unless for those that came for the freedom and fear of responsibilities at
home…WE ZOOM TO 17 YEARS AGO
JOHN AND NANA AT HOME; CRYING FOR THEIR MOTHER
WHO IS BEING BEATEN BY TWO MEN AND AN OLD WOMAN.
MAN#1:
Who do you think killed your husband? Give us all our brothers
belongings you suck!
OLD LADY:
This prostitute killed my son and now wants to consume all he left?..
“OMERA, EH, MONO DANG PWODI” …AS SHE PULLS HER BUY
THE LEGS.
MAN#2:
This will be a very good lesson for you. You are just a woman and
now pretending to have all the rights here? JOHN AND NANA
CLUTCH TO THEIR MOTHER AND CRY TOGETHER.
CUT TO NEXT DAY:
JOHN AND NANA WAIL FOR THEIR DEAD MOTHER ON
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TWO KIDS BY ARM AND LEAVES THEM ON THE STREETS.

THEY STAND AND WAIT FOR HER IN VEIN.
ZOOM BACK TO CURRENT DAYS…EXT GHETTO GROUND:
CAPT:
Its okay, everyone of us has a unique or similar story…but I am to
blame for constantly awakening your fears. Tom made a deal with me,
that he provides us with drugs and medications, sometimes jet fuel as you
all know. But he wanted something in return. Ah he aah slept with our
girls who did not know him. And the last time he failed to pay me, ..A
BEAT..am sorry I was selfish enough to use the innocent here to play
revenge on him. But for now, I am going to his home personally. Nobody
follows me. AS HE SPRINTS AWAY WITH ANGER FILLED
ADRENALINE.
TWO OTHER BOYS RUN AFTER HIM AT A DREADFUL
SPEED
MIKE:
Hey guys its okay! Capt come back please!
KID#1+

Don’t go yet please! BUT CAPT AND THE OTHER TWO KIDS

HAVE TAKEN THE HEART.

MIKE:

Calm down guys, calm down. We now where capt is going, but it

may not be safe because the police are already in control of the situation.

JOHN:

What do you mean?

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We had a back up. Sam Fred, a CID came to me at the hotel and he

got Nana to the hospital.

KID#2:

What do we do now?

JOHN:

Leave what we have been doing and go…A BEAT..I bet we can

find help somewhere else, but not on this streets anymore. MIKE CUTS

IN…I now of an organization that claims to help. Maybe we try our luck

this time around.

EVERYONE ACCEPTS THE IDEA…

CUT TO EXT TOMS HOUSE NIGHT:

A modern bungalow partially illuminated by security lights as we

CLOSE UP to reveal two silhouetted figures with what looks like clubs

in their hands..WE TAKE POV to reveal the two boys we saw running

after CAPT.

BOY#1: PANTING

Quick bro… lets pray he got no dog here…as he kicks a can on the

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BOY #2:

Shut up! Shh did you hear that noise? I think someone has just left

the sitting room. What if its CAPT?

BOY#1”

And what if its TOM, or his wife or…but come what may! We are

breaking through as HE ADVANCES WITH HIS CLUB FOR THE

DOOR, BOY#2 DIVES AND GRABS HIS WAIST, THEN DOWN

THEY GO.

CUT TO INT TOMS LIVING ROOM:

An organized room with classic sofas and a large TV , dimly

illuminated by security light light reflections. The boys stealthily walk

throgh and pocket any item they can carry.

BOY#1:

Bros you will not steal everything on your way Olal.

BOY#2:

Am not a thief ole. Am just re arranging items here and there…

hahaha

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HE THEN SUDDENLY DROPS A METAL TO THE FLOOR…

KLINNNG..WE CLOSE UP TO REVEAL A CLAW HAMMER THEY

USED TO BREAK IN.

An uncomfortable silence follows as the boys pose in worry of

getting noticed.

CUT TO INT TOMS BEDROOM:

TOM:

What was that noise, are you breeding rats here?

WIFE: “ANGRY”

You still have the guts to speak right at me? Don’t try to fake an

excuse. The only word I need from you is that girl who called me. Who is

she to you? I stay home with the kids but… TOM CUTS IN…YELLING

Okay now! I can tell you what you want to know… WIFE

CUTS….can? AS SHE CONTINUES PACKING HER STAFF IN A

SUITCASE.

Tom never think I have nowhere to go. I can still go back to my

mama and she will be glad to have back her child!

CUT TO INT TOMS HOUSE CORRIDOR:

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BOY#1:

When I enter that room,(pointing to toms bedroom door) you just

wait for me right ,

BOY#2:

NODS SLOWLY AS WE CLOSE UP TO THE BEDROOM

DOOR, we here muffled voices in a hot quarrel. The two boys stop

abruptly.

Boy#2”

Bro, I bet we get in together…BOTH LOOKING AT EACH

OTHERS EYES…just like we came.

BOY #1:

He isnt alone in there.

CUT TO INT TOMS BEDROOM:S

KRAAAAK! KRRRRRK! The wooden door swings open as two

boys dash in with fierce tactics, swinging their clubs directly at Tom ,

who dives on the floor with a horrible scream.

TOM:

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Who are you people, what do you want from me? WE ZOOM TO

TOMS WIFE CLUTCHING HERSELF AT A CORNER OF THE

ROOM, HANDS COVERING HER HEAD AS SHE BEGS FOR HER

DEAR LIFE.

MAGGY(WIFE).

Leave me please, I am innocent AS HER VOICE GOES

MOUFFLED.

BOY#1:(YELLING)

Shut up all of you! Tom you will regret this day of your life…all

along you have been using us? And you take advantage of our

situations…oh oh,

BOY #2 CUTS IN.

You are a looser now haha! You truly made us your puppets but for

now, lets say…HE SWINGS TOWARDS TOM WITH A FIERCE

FORCE AS ..WE CUT TO, BOY#1:

And you are not exclusive woman!…AS SHE JUMPS ON

MAGGY, WHO SCREAMS FOR HELP.

CUT TO: POV OF TOM AND BOY#2.

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TOM IS CRUELLY REACTING TO THE ATTACK, he hurries up

to his feet and grabs the first stool then throws it at BOY #2, who dodges

it effortlessly. Tom sends another weapon, and this time realize how fast

he accompanies the stool. And as BOY#2 tries to dodge the stool, Tom is

already on him

POV as we see BOY#2 groan in pain. It is too late for him now.

Tom hits him on the left rib several times and we see thee boy lose it all.

He falls on the floor and Tom stands breathing heavily over him.

CUT TO BOY BOY#1 AND MAGGY STILL YELLING FOR

HELP.

The boy reaches Maggy with his club and almost hitting her then he

hears the hears a noise of breaking glasses, then look at Tom standing

over his motionless victim on the floor.

MAGGY(All scared out by what she sees).

Tom what have you done? SHE IS NOW TREMBLING

UNCONTROLLABLY, WITH BOTH HER HANDS COVERING THE

MOUTH.

BOY#1:

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Hey brother! Brother! He drops the club and sprints to get away but

Tom wont let him go easily. The fear and evil is already seen in his eyes.

Tom tries to grab BOY#1, but the boy proves too quick for Tom. He

dodges and leaves Tom to hit the floor. The boy rushes through the

corridor and runs on CAPT...who just looks at him and understands the

situation.

CAPT:

Hey stop! The kid just mumbles …HE KILLED INNO! WITH

ALOT OF FEAR AND WORRY AS WE CAN SEE BY HIS

EXPRESSIONS.

CAPT runs towards Toms bedroom and

WE CUT TO INT BED ROOM.

Tom is so unsettled as we see him searching for something in his

drawer. He comes out with a pistol and as he is still thinking,…CAPT

flies to him with a deadly kick which sends Tom to the floor and his

pistol falls near Maggy, who gives another screem!

CUT TO EXT: TOMS HOUSE.

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We CLOSE UP to see Sam Fred with four other police officers who

are training their guns and moving around the house.

POV of Sam Fred kneeling and talking to the kid#1, who is seated

on the veranda BUT THEIR SPEECH IS MOUFFLED.

SAM FRED:

Uses sign language to deploy his team, then three of them enter

Toms house with their guns trained.

CUT TO INT BEDROOM:

CAPT:

So this is what you wanted right? I gave you all my time and loyalty

but look at what ….AS HE SEES THE DEAD KID WITH ON THE

FLOOR WITHSHOCK. What have you done to him, CAPT GETS OUT

OF CONTROL AND STARTS THE REAL FIGHT WITH TOM NOW

WHO PROVES TOTALLY VULNERABLE.

TOM:

Ah oh, lemme just ahhh lemme talk…as krrup kpuf he gets punches

on his belly and falls near his wife Maggy who hands him the gun.

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CAPT sees the pistol, and dives to take cover but Tom did not miss

his leg. CAPT lands behind the sofa with a scream.

EXT BEDROOM CORRIDOR:

The team, with Sam Fred on the lead freeze on hearing the gun shot,

and then the scream by CAPT. They resume and this time with much

attention and force.

They brake through the door at once and all commanding Tom

freeze or we shoot!

SAM FRED:

Drop that gun now drop it! You are under arrest Mr Tom, and you

have the rights to shut up!

CUT TO TOM

He gives up and drops the pistol and steps back as ordered, an

officer cuffs him as a female officer cuffs muggy.

CUT TO CAPT

He is also cuffed as Sam Fred tells him..

SAM FRED

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We are sorry but we need you for some information.

CAPT:

He shot my leg guys, I will kill you personally Tom. AS THEY

CLEAR THE ROOM.

CUT TO CCI AVENUE: DAY.

We close up to view several children, all dressed up well and

playing happily. Some look to be performing in bakery, tailoring and

many other projects. Some younger kids are singing in circles.

MIKE:

So, what do we call this? Home, school, peace, JHON CUTS..

That last word. We call this peace…of the mind. HE TURNS TO

MIKE AND SMILES WITH A NOD.

ZOOM TO NANA COMING:

MIKE:

Wow, wow wow…JOHN HITS HIS RIB WITH ELBOW…. ouch!

Its okay am just trying to cheer up Nana. She is my sis too men, JOHN

GIGGLES.

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JOHN:

Nana you are good at that! AS SHE APPROACHES THEM WITH

SOME BREAD SHE BAKED.

TWO MONTHS LATER,

CUT TO INT COURT ROOM: DAY.

TOMS LAWYER:

JUDGE:

The court rulings are final. I hereby declare that Mr Tom Okot, is

sentenced to 7 years for murder, 14 years for possessing an unlicensed

gun, 5 years for sexual assault and 9 years for drug and child trafficking.

In total you have 40 years of sentence.

Do you have anything to say?

TOM: NODS NO.

TOMS LAWYER:

No appeal. Charges admitted.

CUT TO: INT PRISON CELL.

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The prison door is locked with a BANG as we view Toms face

behind the bars.

FADE OUT.

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