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206 Chapter Thirteen: The Value of Editing
Konoweeka Page 7 of 10
Episode #8 Draft: #11
Writer: Kiyingi October 1996
98. MRS. S: (CALLING LOUDLY) Are you leaving
already
99. FX. TAXI RUNNING AT HIGH SPEED
100. SSEKA: Driver, slow down! Some of us have
armies of children who we’re not
ready to leave yet.
101. ( GENERAL LAUGHTER)
102. ZAK: (LAUGHING) You tell him! He is fond
of over speeding.
103. SSEKA: Watch the speedometer, driver....So,
Zakayo, where are you going To
Kiganda
104. ZAK: Yes.
105. SSEKA: Do you have a home there, too
106. ZAK: No, I’m just going to visit. Where did you
say you were going
107. SSEKA: To Nkwekwe. I have a home there.
108. ZAK: I did not know that.
109. SSEKA: Yes, sir. I have a home in Bunamwaya as
well as in Nkwekwe. But, recently I sent
my first wife packing, and I am in the
process of installing another wife in my
Nkweke home. By the way, did you know
that my third wife has just had twins
110. ZAK: No, I did not know that. Praise the Lord.
111. SSEKA: Now I am not a mere Ssekalegga, I am a
Ssalongo!
112. (GENERAL LAUGHTER)
113. ZAK: I notice that even your wife Aida is almost
due.
114. SSEKA: That’s right. Who knows, in a short while
I might have another set of twins!
(LAUGHS) Then I shall have 24
children. Aida has six children, Mamma
Jane had six before the twins, and my
other wife in Nkwekwe left me with 8!
Twenty-four children at the age of 35!
(LAUGHS)
115. ZAK: Did your wife in Nkwekwe die
Is it possible to identify by sound alone that a car is
going very fast
What is the disadvantage of setting a whole scene
inside a taxi
Does the repetition of the news about the twins
enhance or delay the story
Is the audience likely to have developed any
empathy or sympathy for any of these characters
by now