Typing Master

I first met Pinto in Kisumu in 1961. I was then 16 years old. Our meeting happened under very unique circumstances. Pinto had been released earlier from detention. My father Achieng Oneko had been moved from Marsabit to Kapsabet where he was under house arrest. I do not know how Pinto learnt of my father's placement under house arrest but he drove all the way from Nairobi to our home in Kisumu. From Kisumu, we drove to Kapsabet. On the way, he promised he would have me transferred to Kapsabet High School. He would also avail all the books that I needed. He kept his word. When we got to Kapsabet, he parked the car two kilometers to the location where my father was placed under house arrest.