Lubwama’s play leaves you reflecting on life after death

Solomon Tamale (L) in a scene as the crafty doctor Dr Stanley and Godfrey Mukasa Lubwama as Eddie, the corrupt hospital receptionist. Courtesy PHOTO

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It is an unexpected death. The dead later find themselves in between heaven and hell. Unfortunately for people like Dr Stanley and Eddie, they are denied entry to heaven but instead dragged off to hell by demons

Geoffrey Mukasa Lubwama’s Easter drama, Kiki Ekiddako – What Next, is a story that provokes reflection on what could possibly happen upon one’s sudden, untimely death.

With more than 10 productions to his name, Lubwama translated the message of Easter – the resurrection of Jesus Christ and therefore the hope of salvation for the Christian faith, into a well-cast drama. It left his audience at Makerere Full Gospel Church auditorium on Easter Sunday wanting more and above all, edified. “After watching the drama, I felt I wanted to recommit my life to Christ,” remarked Julius Caesar Kiyemba, a reveller.

The drama is cast in a hospital setting, Sseggwanga Hospital. Lubwama acts as Eddie, a corrupt receptionist, who seeks bribes from patients. Dr Stanley (Solomon Tamale) is a crafty doctor, who, for a fee, assists young girls abort. “It is not abortion, it is just termination of pregnancy,” he says. Both Eddie and Dr Stanley are confessed Christians but act contrary to the faith they profess. In one instance, Dr Stanley accepts a bribe from Bob, a prominent church leader to assist a church girl (Flavia Nandugga) he impregnated abort.

Found out, the duo is threatened with dismissal by the hospital managing director (Raymond Kiwanuka). Put in a tight spot, they plan to start their own hospital. Craftily, they steal hospital equipment and drugs, rendering the patients, including Dr Stanley’s own mother, vulnerable when the oxygen she needs is no where to be found.

In the midst of the scuffle, a terrorist attacks the hospital and shoots dead all staff.
It is an unexpected death. The dead later find themselves in between heaven and hell. Unfortunately for people like Dr Stanley and Eddie, they are denied entry to heaven but instead dragged off to hell by demons.

“In writing this drama for the Easter season,” Lubwama explained, “the goal was to remind people it is not only about celebrating and confessing Jesus Christ but living a life worth of the calling that even in the event of unexpected death, one is confident of eternity.” The drama is set to feature in churches in and around Kampala.