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ONLY FOUR
By Hakim Kisakye

GENRE: Family, Drama
LOGLINE:

A university graduate, ending his job search in vain, stuck with his single mother's hospital bill, accepts to join his friend's business, finds himself stuck in human trafficking business.

SYNOPSIS:

Day- today in a country where unemployment of well educated youths is still a big problem, different individuals take this as an opportunity to exploit the well educated unemployed youths with one heart. The youths at many points have no way to escape the tactful exploiters.

Dan a well educated unemployed youth wants to do everything to support his single mother who fought had for his education.

Dan’s single mother gets admitted in the hospital with critical illness, the hospital bills high and demanded in a week time which is hoped to be her discharge time. Jobless Dan runs into a betting house with the small monies from his only friend to multiply and pay for his mother.

His friend tells him to join his fake money and human trafficking business, for it’s the only business that can make him enough money in the shortest time, Dan refuses claiming not be a dark hearted person and moves out of the car with the small monies from the friend. Dan’s betting receipt, his only hope, looses by one match and he faints, ending up in the hospital and increasing the hospital bill. He has no option but to join the friends business.

Dan on accepting the deal, Isaac informs him as the hospital bill is clear, having balance of cash, a phone and a car waiting him. Nothing will be demanded of him as soon as he accomplishes the deal which is trafficking only four adult females.

Dan with a sleeping drug in the tin finds the best chapatti seller, hungry for money and with a character that can do a great job for him. The chapatti seller mistakenly testes the sleeping drug on Dan and it worked, for he slept instant and for more than twelve hours.

Dan successfully mixes the sleeping drug for four girls who end up in coffins on a track. On the road, Dan transporting the girls in the coffins to the boarder, they are stopped by traffic police and suddenly one of the coffins open up as one of the girls stands up from it. Dan and the stolen truck driver run off in different direction, leaving the officer stranded on who to chase.

Dan in shock over almost being arrested and with his boss’s pressure behind him to execute the deal, he involves the friend to master mind another plan to execute the deal.

Dan with his friend’s new plan to execute the deal, they get more youths than the required number, with males inclusive, one of the male youth loses his life to Dan. Unplanned events occur as one of the youth’s tortures his friend and the police invade the group on alert from the kidnapped man’s wife.

Dan is taken to police cells, his friend into the hospital with the rest of the youths, the boss shows up for his money. His mother recovers and informed as his son is in court where she again meets Dan’s father as the judge.

His friend discovers as he has leukemia before being taken to court, accepts to take on the charges as well giving in his boss for Dan to live an innocent life with his ex-girlfriend who is his friend’s wife with a son.

Court finds Dan innocent and he haply takes on his ex-girlfriend and son as well meeting his dad. His friend commits suicide after the court’s final ruling where he is found guilty with his boss and body guard sentenced to life imprisonment.

ONLY FOUR

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Hakim Kisakye

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