Chord DESTINY POWER : Episode 6 and 7

Episode 6
A party is organised at the school premises for the outgoing students. Mwaba the school prrfect is making his way through the crowd wondering where could be the best place to sit where he pop into someone
Stella: Excuse me, please! (Mwaba looks at her and pays attention)
Mwaba: Any problem???


Stella : I’m Stella Musonda by name, the senior prefect of St. Pius high school. We met at Kamenza Hall in Chililabombwe during the quiz competition organized by the DEBS.
Mwaba nodding in remembrance and exchanging greetings with a handshake… you are welcome..


Stella: Thank you…
Mwaba: What can I offer you? you can ask for any food of your choice.
Stella: Beggars can’t be choosers. I don’t mind anything.
Mwaba orders for fried fish with salad meat and soft drinks.. they eat and drink satisfactorily. After menu, the commissioner for education stands from the high table to give words of advice to the entire students.


Dr. Mwale: Thanks and gratitude to the almighty God that made this day's activities to become a reality. I will use this opportunity to advise the entire students and youths in general to see education as a universal right not just a special privilege... without education life is worthless. No country in the whole universe can afford to neglect education. It’s education that raises heads high and contributes in no small measure to the development of any country. Work hard don’t be lazy; a lazy child takes the most pains. If you want to reach for the greatest height in life, you must be focused in whatever you are doing.


The root of education may taste bitter at the beginning but the fruit is as sweet as honey. You can all reach the position of a commissioner, Medical doctor Accountant Lawyer Engineers Governor President and so on if you work hard. Face your studies and stop Playing away your time. God will be with you and give you more knowledge and understanding…
All:::: (in unison) Amen (everybody gives him a rough day of applause.. immediately after the address of the commissioner the school principal Mr. Joseph Chali Addresses the students.. they also gave him a round of applause as he stands on the podium).
All:::Amen.
Joseph Chali :: Once again you are welcome to this august occasion. we all know the importance of education in the society.


our honorable commissioner for education has said it all… Education is the best legacy.. as you position yourself to put in your quota towards the development of this nation (referring to the outgoing students) don’t look at where you have been but start looking at where you could be. Today was once the future from which you expected so much in the Past. Life is like a looking glass. it is the way you smile at it that it smiles at you. So be prepared at all times and always leave good examples. Whenever you are found, you will all succeed in Jesus name…
All:::::: Amen.
Mwale ::::: A round of applause for Mr. Joseph Chali. (they all clapped cheerfully). He said life is like a bicycle you can’t fall off unless you stop pedalling. He also advised you to go through your books with a fine toothed comb.


Next on the agenda here is the school choir will give us a valedictory song to bid farewell to the outgoing students.
(The student sing and swing their bodies to the stage. They wear white clothes with gloves on the both hands)
Choirs:::: God be with you
Till we meet again
By his counsel guide
Uphold you
With his sheep
Securely fold you
God be with you


Till we meet again.(They dance to their seats waving their hands good bye to the outgoing students. Tears of joy fill the eyes of the students. They give them another round of applause)
Mwale::::: Now, I will call the senior perfect boy to come and show his profound gratitude to all invited guests on behalf of the students. (the student give him round of applause)


Mwaba ::: I’m Chimusungu Mwaba by name. I’m most grateful to all of you for the undeserved honour you have given me to show our appreciation to you all. Once again, you are all welcome. I will first give glory and honor to Almighty God who has spared our lives to witness today. Our appreciation goes to the amiable enviable noble and dynamic commissioner for education. we give profuse thanks to the school principal, the man I’m not worthy to call by name, the best and most industrious principal in the whole secondary schools in this province. I cannot describe you without mentioning your name for identification.


 The distinguished and dedicated man, Mr. Joseph Chali (They give him a round of applause as he waves his hands cheerfully). we cannot thank you enough but God will help us in thanking you with a better reward. We owe a great debt of gratitude to all the members of staff of this school for the lectures they have given us, and for the many words of encouragement and advice. We are about to depart in flesh, but not in spirit. We meet to part and wepart to meet. May God Almighty add more power to your elbows. Our thanks also go to our wonderful parents who have invested in us by financing our education and who taught us to always believe in God for success as we take every step.


 May God spare your lives to reap what you have sown. We urge our junior ones not to see the training in the school as a punishment. If you are highly determined and devoted to your studies success will surely be yours. God will give you more knowledge and understanding in Jesus name..
All:::::: Amen (They give him another round of applause. There after, prizes are awarded to all the school perfects..
Mwaba is awarded for meritorious service, good conduct and also for being the best student for the session…


Episode 7
One afternoon, Elijah stretches himself in a wooden chair, crossing his legs while resting them on the table. He wears eye-glasses and glances through a newspaper under a tree in front of a building. Martha comes out and is surprised to find him laughing.
Martha: What’s the matter, dear??


Elijah: A bad story goes with laughter! Can you imagine that “an old man of 81 impregnated an 18 year old student”. (laughing hysterically once again)
Martha: Was she blind? An old man nearly at the point of death!!
Elijah: imagine! How could such a little rat, fall in love with that old crab? Really, love is blind.


Martha: (surprisingly) They don’t even know that we parents take great pains to nurture and sponsor them to school. She wasted her parents resources and came back home with a pregnancy certificate. In fact, this is very bitter to swallow and is shameful.
Elijah: Most of the time I passed by their campus, I used to see them along the road, chasing big men to extort money like beggars. Because of money, they turn themselves into prostitutes. What a shame!
Martha: And if we think otherwise, lack of parental care or financial constraints may lead them to such a nefarious act.


Elijah: That is why; it’s good for parents to understand the value of having only those children they can provide adequate care for. Some parents don’t know what their children do while in school. As good parents, we must look after their welfare, and also inspect their mode of dressing. I always feel ashamed if I see ladies, dressing shabbily with paints all over their faces, and with jewelries on both hands and legs like prisoners. During our childhood, life was not as bad as this.
Martha ::: The plantain is getting spoilt, they say it is ripe. It was very rare to see a lady with a pair of trousers in the olden days.


If any lady dared it, children in the street would gather themselves, singing and clapping after her that “Bwetu bwetu kunshi takwaba” meaning she wears trousers without having testicles. Today, wearing trousers has become the norm.
Elijah: Not only the ladies, but women are also involved. The footprints they leave on the sand of time, the daughters followed.
Martha: Why do you always blame mothers for children’s misdeed?
Elijah: They support the ladies when they exhibit bad manners. Some will nonchalantly shrug their shoulders and say ‘let them live their own Life’. They believe that the children can see beyond their noses.


As they were about to argue about who mostly spoilt a child between the father and the mother, Mwaba prostrates himself in greetings. Elijah answer him but Martha gives him no response. Mwaba not satisfied
Mwaba: Mum, Is anything wrong?? Why did you snob me??Martha:: Are you asking?? Where have you been since morning??
Mwaba:I paid a visit to Jackson.. He is feeling feverish.
Martha: (Angrily) Were you not told to keep away from Jackson? (calms down) If I were as small as an ant that walks on the ground, I’m still the mother that nursed and fed you.


There’s no chibwabwa that ever grows taller than its planter, and no mountain is ever higher than the sky. If you are tall and high like the sky, I’m still the one that carried you In my womb. (she points a finger menacingly at Mwaba in annoyance and coughs) Darling, are you looking at Mwaba without uttering a word??
Elijah :: (in a cool voice) Take it easy, dear. Stop instructing your child with anger. It’s not the best way for discipline.
Martha: You see now! Your appearance shows your manner. Who is spoiling the child between you and me??


Elijah: (facing Mwaba) The dog that will get lost will not listen to the hunters call. I’m not impressed and satisfied with your attitude these days. (angrily) get away from my sight!. (Mwaba makes no response but enters the house in annoyance).
Martha: What an insult! Can’t you see him walking away with out any sign of remorse?
Elijah: Darling, an animal skin they say cannot be folded when it’s dry. (He sighs deeply and nods his head)
Martha: Are you with me??
Elijah: With all ears.


Martha :: Since when did you see Mwaba read in this house?? When did you see him in the kitchen help me in domestic chores like washing dishes??
Elijah: I didn’t take cognizance of all these.
Martha: Mwaba has been influenced by a bad gang whose parents have dumped and abandoned in the gutter.
Elijah: When did he start all these? Who did he take it from?Martha: I don’t know. in fact, my ears are full of bad news. Mwaba is now the talk of the people in the street.


Elijah: (Outraged) I have been telling you to shut your ears to rumour-mongers. I don’t listen to them. Those who peddle rumours about him do so either out of ignorance, envyor as a deliberate act. They are simply destructive.
Martha: (angrily) What are you saying?? There are many men who have only one child like you but they do not spoil him like you do. Train up your child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Elijah: Mwaba is a victim of people’s jealousy.


 Remember when he took first position in the quiz competition organized for all secondary schools in Lusaka by the commissioner for education, they almost smeared him with bad names. They said it was our ng'anfa that gave him an incision on the forehead. Another group of people said he belongs to the witchcraft coven.
Martha: Let them keep on wagging their tongues. One day they will stop all the bad rumours. An enemy is beating the drum of downfall but God will not let it sound.
Elijah: They are blackmailing him simply because of his performance in the last exam result as the best student in Lusaka province.


Martha: It is not really the cause, dear. If you hear something bad about your child, try to investigate the truth. What is not good is bad.
Elijah: Okay, what did you hear about him?
Martha :::Behavior, they say, is like a smoke that can’t be hidden. Initial, I didn’t believe my ears until I caught him red handed. I saw Mwaba accompany a slim girl, fair in complexion along Jackson’s street yesterday night at exactly 8:30pm. Falsehood can exist for thousands or billions of years; but one day, truth will prevail. Mwaba has joined a bad gang. (At this juncture, Mwaba comes back)


Elijah: Take a seat. (He sits) If a chick does not heed the voice of the mother hen, it is bound to become food for the hawk. You are on the point of climbing a tree beyond the leaves. Don’t over step your limit. You have been warned, and you should seriously warn yourself.
Martha: Don’t you see him walking away from our presence without any sign of remorse? (she looks at him scornfully, scowling from head to toe) There is no respect anymore. one partridge is not taller than another.
Mwaba: (prostrating) I’m sorry, dad. please, don’t be offended.


Elijah: (his anger subsides gradually) Mwaba, I saw you at pick and pay supermarket yesterday night. What were you doing there??
Mwaba: I accompanied one of my friends to buy something.
Martha: your school mate or your girlfriend?
Mwaba was shocked

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