What a Million can Do

"What a Million Can Do- The Play; Nyabohanse School! This is the powerful introduction to the masterpiece rendition of the play that made the whole Migori County to catch cold when we sneezed.

Not known in the drama cycles, it came as a surprise performance that left both the organizers and lovers of arts yearning for more. From the eye-arresting backdrops to the most attractive costumes of the year, the Rapogi Social Hall was packed to the brim to watch the award-winning play. The rejected stone of Kuria land never disappointed.

Playing the role of the antagonist as the Director of Elegance Children's Home, Nusurah Ssentogo, "Mr. Mteule" uses his influence to secure a million shillings for the Children's Home. Instead of using the money to improve the welfare of the needy children, he uses the fund for ridiculous self-centered purpose. The conflict is heightened when one of the needy children at the facility, Blessing (Beatrice Kapoka),who has heart condition and depends on a rechargeable Ventilation Machine, convulses when the Power Company disconnects power due to huge electricity bills. Her condition worsens and she has to be admitted to the theater immediately. This makes the children through their matron, Timona played by Faith Awino, to stage a protest against the director. What follow are dramatic twists and turns that eventually lead to the arrest of the director and Timona appointed the new director.

The play captured, arrested and sentenced the attention of the audience to a forty minute thrilling performance from the green angels of the Sacred Hills of Nyabohanse. "What a Million Can Do" has become an anthem in the mouths of all students and teachers in Migori County. Though ranked the second runners up in the festival, the news of the play had sent cold shivers to the whole Lake Region, who were eagerly waiting to watch the movie on stage. But who is Corona that ensured that thespians were not served dinner of the soul?